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LOT 1678
Large Bronze Age Posamenterie Fibula
LATE TUMULUS-EARLY URNFIELD PERIOD, CIRCA 1400-1200 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (160 grams, 21 cm).
Comprising a sturdy pin and spring attached to a shank formed from multiple parallel rods clasped by transverse collars, with large coil finial.
ProvenanceSouth German private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, p.37-9; Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin accession no.II. 10421.
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