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LOT 0672

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

LARGE ROMAN DECORATED BRONZE BOW BROOCH
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (56 grams, 95 mm).

P-shaped with wide bow and foot, hatched to the edges with ring-and-dot ornament to the centre of the bow, bar above to hold the sprung pin, foot returning to form the catchplate, the upper edge of which is hammered into a flat wire coiled around the bottom of the bow. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s.

CONDITION
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