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LOT 0759
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]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
See Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, for discussion.
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LOT 0759
Roman Bronze Military Belt Clasp with Hare and Hound
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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