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