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LOT 0769
Romano-British Bronze Brooch with Maker’s Name ACUTI
LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (10.9 grams, 51 mm).
P-shaped or Aucissa variant, deeply arched bow with two incisions; maker’s name 'ACUTI' at the front of the bow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found East Anglia, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
Literature
See Hattatt vol. 4, fig. 177-1490, for similar; see also vol. 3, p.70, nos. 833 and 835.
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