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LOT 0878
Western Asiatic Silver Dress Pin
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (13.1 grams, 85 mm).
With a short tapering body, balustered finial topped with three rounded cuboids. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection formed in the 1970s-1980s.
From the Inglismaldie Castle estate, Angus, Scotland, by descent to the current owner.
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