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LOT 0849

Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 170
USD ($) 130 - 180

ROMAN BRONZE BOW BROOCH
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (26.6 grams, 54 mm).

With chord and pin (now detached) at the head, D-section bow with lateral spurs, collar and swept foot with notched detailing, bulb finial, catch to the 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 332, for type.

CONDITION
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