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LOT 0712
Roman Bronze Bow Brooch
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (7.42 grams, 40 mm).
Of Hod Hill type with hinged pin, vertical flat bow with fluting and median textured band, waisted shank and round cell with inset coral cabochon; pin and catch to reverse.
Provenance
Ex important German collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 312, for type.
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