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LOT 0682
Roman Bronze Silvered Plate Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (5.7 grams, 39 mm).
Cruciform in plan with trefoil finial to each arm, punched-point border and median line, applied bone disc to each lateral arm and a larger one in a recessed cell to the centre pin-lugs, pin and catch to reverse.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1001, 1002, for type.
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