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LOT 0636

Roman Axe Plate Brooch

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (13.6 grams, 47 mm).

A bronze plate brooch formed as an axe, scrolled tendrils to socket and butt, slender handle; hinged pin and catch to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

Literature

Cf. Melchart, W., Antike Kostbarkeiten aus Osterreichischem privatbesitz, Wien, 1997, fig.22, for a very similar specimen.

Footnotes

The fibula, made for a military cloak, belongs to the type 28 of Jobst classification. Similar fibulae were widespread in the central part of the Limes between Germania Superior and Raetia.

CONDITION

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LOT 0636

Roman Axe Plate Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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