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LOT 0673

Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Hippocampus Brooch

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (3.98 grams, 31 mm).

Plate brooch fragment with enamelled panels to the neck, shoulder and flank. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 310, for similar imagery.

CONDITION

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LOT 0673

Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Hippocampus Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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