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LOT 0846
Romano-British Bronze Dolphin Bow Brooch
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (21.5 grams, 51 mm).
With chord developing to a sturdy pin, carinated bow with lateral knops, collar to the equator with duck-head below, recurved foot with bulb finial, long catchplate. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK, in 1971.
Acquired from Spinks, The Shambles, York, 2011.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's ticket.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1396.
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