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LOT 0928
Roman Silver Trumpet Brooch
CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (39 grams, 60 mm).
With chord, spring and pin, and trumpet-shaped headplate: D-section collars and a discoid finial at base of flared foot; articulated pin intact; catchplate projecting from the reverse of the lower bow, curving at the outer edge to house the pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in Munich, Germany, in the late 1980s.
Ex property of a Staffordshire, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1396.
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