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LOT 0935

Romano-British Bronze Brooch Collection

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

7/8 - 1 3/4 in. (90 grams total, 22-44 mm).

Including T-shaped, disc, Colchester-type and other types in card trays with handwritten collector's cards. [8, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found various sites, Suffolk, Norfolk and Oxfordshire, UK.From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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LOT 0935

Romano-British Bronze Brooch Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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