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LOT 0916
Romano-British Bronze Bow Brooch with Bird Terminal
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.66 grams, 37 mm).
Wide bow with a raised decorative panel with polygonal cells for enamel, zoomorphic finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
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