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Item one: Animals, 1986, II, no. 163.
Item one: Animals, 1986, II, no. 163.
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2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A WILD BOAR
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Standing, with short tusks, bristled coat and prominent spinal crest; and a Romano-Celtic bronze boar, with head lowered and ears pressed back, decorated with punched circles, on rectangular base, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) and 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long respectively (2)
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Standing, with short tusks, bristled coat and prominent spinal crest; and a Romano-Celtic bronze boar, with head lowered and ears pressed back, decorated with punched circles, on rectangular base, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) and 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long respectively (2)
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