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LOT 0639

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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]

PROVENANCE:
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 617, for type.

CONDITION
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