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LOT 0770

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

ROMAN BRONZE CROSSBOW BROOCH
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (37 grams, 66.5 mm).

With deep slender bow and domed knop to each end of the crossbar, D-shaped plate with spike to accept a third knop (absent), foot with chamfered sides and catch to reverse; pin and spring. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
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 503, for type.

CONDITION
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