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LOT 0851
Roman Silver Trumpet Plate Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (10.2 grams, 34 mm).
With an openwork sub-triangular body made up of three curved trumpet motifs; to the reverse, a pin lug supporting the hinged pin, and a flat transverse catchplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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 handwritten dealer's ticket.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1626, for type.
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