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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]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
LiteratureCf. 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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