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LOT 0731
Large Roman Silver Bow Brooch
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (36.5 grams, 10.5 cm).
With incised foliage detail to the high arched bow and flat head plate with human face and radiating floral pattern engraved on both sides; catchplate and pin-loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx European collection, 1990s.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a dealer's catalogue information card.
Cf. Hoops, I., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin-New York, 2000, p.105 (516), fig.113, no.5, for similar.
FootnotesThe fibula seems to be provincial type, of Romano-Germanic inspiration. This particularly characteristic fibula shape of the Romano-Germanic army, worn probably by the Germanic mercenaries of the Roman army, appeared in the later 2nd and partly at the beginning of the 3rd century A.D., under a form of large bow brooches with various types of head plates or spiral sleeves.
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