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LOT 0906
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze 'Sunburst' Plate Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.68 grams, 23 mm).
Discoid with a thirteen-pointed red star with thirteen pellets within, blue enamelled background; pin-lugs and catchplate on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
See Hattatt, vol. 1, p. 138, no. 119, for identical but different coloured enamels (found near Ipswich).
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LOT 0906
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze 'Sunburst' Plate Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Opening Bid: £40
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