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LOT 0673
Roman Bronze Bow Brooch
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. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex important German collection, 1990s.
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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