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LOT 0706
Romano-British Bronze Wing and Fanbow Brooch
CIRCA 40-55 A.D.
1 1/4 in. (7.7 grams, 33 mm).
With two triangular on each side of the ribbed bow, inked collector's number '3318' beneath one of the wings. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
Hattatt, 1989, no. 1482.
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