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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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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