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4:00 AM PT - Mar 15th, 2012
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Circa 2nd century AD A bronze plate brooch in the form of a deer running left, with ring-and-dot eye and enamelled panels to the shoulders and ribs; the antlers carefully delineated; pin lost in antiquity. See zoomorphic plate brooches in Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, pages 224-252. Bronze, 11 grams, 38 mm (1 1/2") Private UK collection, by descent from the vendor's father, a metal detectorist, who formed his collection in the 1970's-1980's, from his own finds and by buying from a shop in Cambridgeshire, owned by Alan Fordham. Part of this collection was previously sold at Bonham's Antiquities sale 17855, 6 October 2010, Lot 199. [No Reserve]
Condition reportVery fine condition.
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