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LOT 0820
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.
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LOT 0820
Roman Decorated Gold Dress Pin
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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