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LOT 0807
Romano-British Aucissa 'Cyclopean Eye' Bow Brooch
CIRCA 50-70 A.D.
1 1/4 in. (1.82 grams, 31 mm).
Comprising a depp slender bow with linear decoration, circular opening above the spring and conical knop on the footplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
See Hattatt, vol. 1, 1982, p.86, no. 46, for a small native adaptation.
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