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LOT 0954
Romano-British Bronze Military Buckle with Horse Heads
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.02 grams, 26 mm).
Buckle loop with tremolier hatching to the shoulders (opposed dolphins?) and two addorsed horse-head spurs to the outer edge with mane detailing, punched annular eyes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Finningham, Suffolk, Essex.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, item SL8.5.
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