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LOT 0753
Roman Bronze Military Buckle with Dog
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.03 grams, 34 mm).
An openwork D-shaped buckle with plate formed as a standing figure of a dog; accompanied by a handwritten note 'Roman Military. Bronze female baldrick mount surrmounted with a running hound. 3rd-4th cent. A.D. Rare.' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector.
From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.
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