An ancient Celtic gold ornament

UK: An ancient Celtic gold ornament provided the high point of Christie’s South Kensington’s Antiquities sale last week when it was purchased for £1m by London’s British Museum, to whom it was on loan from 1993 to 2000.

The 51/2in (14cm) long, finely worked fibula (brooch) ornamented with filigree work, cast with a war…

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