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LOT 1657
Very Large Decorated Bronze Age Fibula
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (211 grams, 12 cm).
Comprising of leech-shaped bow, body decorated with transverse bands of diagonal hatched lines and three lines to slightly raised ends, flat rectangular catch-plate; tapering round-section pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Opening Bid: £50
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Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
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Opening Bid: £200
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Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
Koban Culture, 12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
