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Lot 249

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Late Roman to Byzantine parcel gilt silver fibula in the form of a cicada
Circa 5th Century A.D.
The body with ridged scales, the long gilded wings with incised wavy lines, dots and strokes, the face with globular eyes and incised mouth, the buckle and catch-plate on the underside, now broken, 2 1/8in (5.4cm) long

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Provenance:
European private collection since the 1980s.

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