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LOT 1039
Roman Enamelled Bronze Umbonate Brooch and Silver Denarius Group
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (17.6 grams total, 17-33 mm).
Comprising: two domed umbonate brooches with radiating fretwork design to accept enamel fill; silver coin of Septimius Severus. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins, Pertinax to Balbinus and Pupienus, London, 1982, p.21, n.58.
Footnotes
This silver denarius belongs to Septimius Severus, probably the mint of Rome, AD 198. On the obverse: [L] SEPT [SEVERVS] PER AVG [P M IMP XI,] laureate head right.
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LOT 1039
Roman Enamelled Bronze Umbonate Brooch and Silver Denarius Group
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