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LOT 0494
Italic Silver Wire Fibula
CIRCA 700-600 B.C.
3/4 - 4 7/8 in. (9.11 grams total, 1.8-12.4 cm).
With a coiled spring and lateral lugs; tapering shank, and separate ring. [3]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, 1992.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar complete example in the BM, inv.no.1872,0604.912, in Walters, H.B., Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan, London, 1899, no.2046, for a complete specimen of the typology.
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LOT 0494
Italic Silver Wire Fibula
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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