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LOT 0798
Roman Bronze Millefiori Plate Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (10 grams, 48 mm).
With a lozenge-shaped body decorated with a ring-and-dot lug to each corner, suspension loops to each side of two of the lugs; tiered face embellished with small millefiori floral motifs on a royal blue background surrounding a lighter coloured central disc; pin lugs and partial pin to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in Switzerland, 1995.
Private collection, Europe.
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