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LOT 0567

Thracian Silver Pendant

6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

3 in. (41.5 grams, 75 mm).

Openwork plaque depicting a stylised horse with curved body, bosses to the hips and shoulders, head turned backwards along the spine with looped reins; ribbed loop to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0567

Thracian Silver Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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