Roman Bronze Lanceolate Nail Cleaner

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (3.23 grams, 49 mm).

Of pendant type with ribbed loop, flat-section neck with chamfered sides, piriform plate extending to split finial; central vertical panel of engraved Late Roman military style zig-zag ornament. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2012.
Property of a Kent lady collector.

Literature

See Hawkes, S.C., Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century in Medieval Archaeology, vol.5, 1961, for similar.

CONDITION

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