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LOT 0653
Roman 'Essex' Bronze Cockerel Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (8.59 grams, 38 mm).
Modelled in the haf-round with hollow underside, pin-lugs at the tail and pierced lug for attachment of a securing chain or thong. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK, in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1164; Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 167.
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