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LOT 0602
Roman Silver Horse Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (7.17 grams, 35 mm).
A silver plate brooch formed as a profile horse with arched neck, notched mane, incised panels to the neck and flank with ring-and-dot ornament; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Heeren, S. & ven der Feijst, L., Fibulae uit de lage Landen, Amersfoort, 2017, item NL-1015-02a; Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, item T205, for type.
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