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LOT 0904
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (10.3 grams, 37 mm).
Key-shaped with La Tène Style comma-shaped arms, chamfered edges to shank; pin and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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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