ROMANO BRITISH ANIMAL BROOCH GROUP Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of miniature animal brooches comprising: a bronze eagle; a bronze horse-and-rider; a bronze hen; a silvered peacock. 25 grams, hen: 38 mm. Fine-very fine condition. [4] Provenance 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; and in TimeLine Auctions June 2011 sale.
ROMANO BRITISH ANIMAL BROOCH GROUP Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of miniature animal brooches comprising: a bronze eagle; a bronze horse-and-rider; a bronze hen; a silvered peacock. 25 grams, hen: 38 mm. Fine-very fine condition. [4] Provenance 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; and in TimeLine Auctions June 2011 sale.
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