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Roman Enamelled Bronze Hound Plate Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Hound Plate Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Hound Plate Brooch
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LOT 0797

Roman Enamelled Bronze Hound Plate Brooch

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (4.6 grams, 27 mm).

Rectangular plate with reserved running hound in a two-cell panel, spring and catch to reverse; complete with pin. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

Literature

Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 4.2.1.4; Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 586.

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LOT 0797

Roman Enamelled Bronze Hound Plate Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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