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LOT 0518
Thracian Gold Applique
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (3.17 grams, 32 mm).
Rectangular in plan with beaded border on three sides, openwork quatrefoil with volute-scroll to each angle.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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