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LOT 0866
Romano-British Silver Bronze Plate Brooch with Dolphins
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (4.07 grams, 28 mm).
Silvered plate brooch with dolphin either side of a central disc, triangular lobe at the top; remains of catchplate and pin-lugs on the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
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