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LOT 0897
Roman Gilt Bronze Brooch and Medieval Tweezers
2ND-15TH CENTURY A.D.
11/4 - 1 3/8 in. (12.5 grams total, 32-37.6 mm).
Comprising: ellipsoid plate brooch with gilt border and central cell, pin-lug and catch to reverse; flat-section tweezers found in association with the brooch. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Dullingham, East Cambridgeshire, UK, on Friday 13th December 2024 and Thursday 1st May 2025.
Accompanied by copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.SF-9D6556 and SF-CF180C.
Literature
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, item 107.
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