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LOT 0769

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ROMAN BRONZE BOW BROOCH
2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (38.4 grams, 69 mm).

P-shaped bow brooch with three onion-shaped knops to the upper edge of the headplate, chord and pin to reverse, deep bow with ribbed section above junction with the rectangular foot; 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., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1255, for type.

CONDITION
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