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LOT 0920
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (15.8 grams, 55 mm).
With two onion-shaped knops on the crossbar and a biconical above the bow; billeted decoration to the outer face of the narrow bow, rectangular footplate with chamfered sides, catch to the reverse and hinged pin. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, p.182, item T191, for type.
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