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LOT 0639

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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LOT 0639

Roman Enamelled Bronze Eagle Plate Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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