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LOT 1314
Romano-Celtic Bronze Carnyx Appliqué
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (10.6 grams, 37 mm).
Formed with La Tène style trumpet motifs, attachment peg to the reverse.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. similar style used on Roman military hardware in the 1st-2nd century A.D. in Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, p.121.
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