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LOT 1190

Western Asiatic and Other Bronze Artefact Group

CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER

5/8 - 2 in. (76 grams total, 16-52 mm).

Comprising: the body of a bow brooch, a kite-shaped mount with a fish, a beast-head mount or finial, a Late Roman military belt strap end of 'amphora' type; a stamp seal with an ibex, and others. [9]

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. for the Late Roman strap end Feugere, M., Tra Costantino e Teodosio (IV-V secolo d.C.). Osservazioni sui militaria di Aquileia’ in Aquileia Nostra Anno LXXXIII-LXXXIV, 2012-2013, tav.VI., no.90.

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LOT 1190

Western Asiatic and Other Bronze Artefact Group

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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