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LOT 0699

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(1 Bid, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £5
ROMAN ENAMELLED BRONZE UMBONATE PLATE BROOCH
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.39 grams, 37 mm).

Discoid plate brooch with slightly domed body and central boss, lateral lugs; surface divided into cloisonné cells for addition of enamel ornament; remains of catch to reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Accompanied by a hand written dealer's ticket.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1065.

CONDITION
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