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A Decorative Bronze Appliqué from Silchester

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Susan Read
Affiliation:
Reading Museum and Art Gallery, Blagrave Street, Reading
Martin Henig
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Beaumont Street, Oxford

Abstract

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Britannia , Volume 16 , November 1985 , pp. 242 - 244
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Copyright © Susan Read and Martin Henig 1985. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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