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LOT 0882
Romano-British Decorated Bronze Knee Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (17 grams, 35 mm).
Comprising a chord housed with a horizontal sleeve with median lug above and pin to the rear; right-angled bow with pointillé detailing, perpendicular lower end and square foot with concentric rings to underside, hooked catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Gloucester, UK, in the 1970s.
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 1228, for type.
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