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LOT 0149
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.61 grams, 24 mm).
Comprising a discoid plaque and hinged S-curved pin to the reverse, the obverse with a millefiori glass insert.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 523.
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LOT 0149
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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