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LOT 0774
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.
Footnotes
This type of fibula falls within the P-shaped bow brooch typology, a provincial form found in Britain, Pannonia, and the Balkan Peninsula. It is usually associated with men's costume.
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