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LOT 0941

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE DOLPHIN BROOCH
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (18.2 grams, 82 mm).

With chord, spring and pin, and trumpet-shaped headplate: D-section collars and a discoid finial at base of flared foot; articulated pin intact; catchplate projecting from the reverse of the lower bow, curving at the outer edge to house the pin; loop of the chord with short length of trichinopoly securing chain attached. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found near Wetwang, North Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired UK circa 2008.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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.

CONDITION
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