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LOT 0853
Roman Tinned Bronze Galley Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (11.9 grams, 44 mm).
Plate brooch with pin-lugs, pin and catch to reverse, formed as a galley with ramming beam in the prow, high stern and anchor below.
Provenance
Ex important German collection of brooches, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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