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LOT 0921

Roman Bronze Plate Brooch Collection

1ST CENTURY B.C-2ND CENTURY A.D.

7/8 - 1 1/2 in. (12 grams total, 22-38 mm).

One tinned with central boss; one bell-shaped with glass inlay; another shaped as an amphora with remains of enamelling. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity. A third selection of brooches from the author's collection, Oxford, 1994, figs.829, 1147; Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, fig.48.

Footnotes

The group includes an Alesia type brooch (25 B.C.-15 A.D.); a skeuomorphic plate brooch; and a possible variant of the fan-headed or radiate brooch.

CONDITION

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LOT 0921

Roman Bronze Plate Brooch Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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