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LOT 0746

Roman Decorated Gold Dress Pin

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (2.74 grams, 72 mm).

Slender body with balustered finial, a band of hatched herringbone decoration beneath the finial.

Provenance

Ex 'Neuburg' Collection, Germany, 1970.
with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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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LOT 0746

Roman Decorated Gold Dress Pin

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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