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LOT 0821
Roman 'Thames' Bronze Brooch Collection with Pins
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 in. (17.5 grams total, 23-49 mm).
Comprising an equal-arm and saw-fish derivative type; including one brooch with remains of enamelling and two retaining their pins. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Literature
See Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, for discussion.
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