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LOT 0759

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY BELT CLASP WITH HARE AND HOUND
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (19.2 grams, 60 mm).

Openwork rectangular panel with hare-and-hound motif, two lateral fixing lugs. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

LITERATURE:
See Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, for discussion.

CONDITION
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