A NORTH EUROPEAN BRONZE FIBULA, composed of three discs, each decorated with a central boss surrounded by concentric circles in low relief, the reverse with two loops and traces of a pin; 2½in. (6.4cm.) across, from Uppland, Sweden; and eleven bronze buttons, the front face of each with a conical boss, the reverse pierced for attachment, ¾in. (1.8cm.) diam. av., from Sweden, all Bronze Age, circa 1200-800 B.C. (12)

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A NORTH EUROPEAN BRONZE FIBULA, composed of three discs, each decorated with a central boss surrounded by concentric circles in low relief, the reverse with two loops and traces of a pin; 2½in. (6.4cm.) across, from Uppland, Sweden; and eleven bronze buttons, the front face of each with a conical boss, the reverse pierced for attachment, ¾in. (1.8cm.) diam. av., from Sweden, all Bronze Age, circa 1200-800 B.C. (12)

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Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1987, p. 97, no. 9.6 for the buttons

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