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LOT 0886
Roman Enamelled Bronze Eagle Plate Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.64 grams, 26 mm).
Aviform plate with enamel-filled cells to body and wing, remains of catch and pin-lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
LiteratureCf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 617, for type.
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