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LOT 0779

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

ROMAN VINE LEAF MOUNT
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (57 grams, 58 mm).

A bronze mount or harness fitting in the form of a vine leaf displaying simple stylised detailing to the front face, together with a raised perforated lug and scooped plaque above; suspension loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found Cambridgeshire in the 1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme database, record id. NMS-DA253B, for similar, identified as a harness fitting.

CONDITION
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