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LOT 0303
Romano-Celtic Bronze 'Raskelf' Dragonesque Brooch
CIRCA 75-175 A.D.
2 in. (7.4 grams, 50 mm).
Comprising the majority of the S-shaped brooch with a transverse band across the centre filled with triangular and lozenge cells with enamel; the head with a large eye with light blue enamel, ridged and curving ear-terminal above; pin coiled around the neck of the beast. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near North Yorkshire, UK, in 10 May 2023, by Mark Didlick.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-1AFB8C.
Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme reference nos.WAW-3F7030, NLM-5D7561, and LVPL-898482, for similar; cf. also Hattatt, R., A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxford, 2000, p.351, fig.210.
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