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Roman Bronze Openwork Equal-Arm Brooch with Pin Roman Bronze Openwork Equal-Arm Brooch with Pin Roman Bronze Openwork Equal-Arm Brooch with Pin
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LOT 0635

Roman Bronze Openwork Equal-Arm Brooch with Pin

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (16 grams, 55 mm).

With a wide openwork bow, short foot to each end with a stylised face; pin lugs and pin to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0635

Roman Bronze Openwork Equal-Arm Brooch with Pin

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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