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LOT 0708
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch with Animal Heads
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10.5 grams, 45 mm).
With stepped profile to the rectangular vow, pelletted bars and beast-head finials; pin, pin-lugs and pierced catchplate to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 572.
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