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LOT 0545

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

GREEK SILVER FIBULA
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (10.7 grams, 83 mm).

Comprising a thick round-section bow tapering to each end; the forward end developing to a two-coiled spring and pin, the rear to a rectangular catchplate with flanges to the upper and lower edges, a long spike finial; the catch with incised geometric ornament. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 715, for type.

CONDITION
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