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Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) (+bp*)
2ND 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; Palagyi, T., Facsady, A., Romains de Hongrie, Lyon, 2002, p.43, and fig.43.
FOOTNOTES:
This type of fibula, common in Pannonia, was typically worn in men's clothing. It closed the paenula on the chest, arranged horizontally. Naturally, it could also be worn with military attire.
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