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LOT 0744
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (30.18 grams, 51 mm).
With onion-shaped knops to the crossbar and pierced lug to centre, deep bow, trapezoidal foot with notched edges; integral catch; hinged pin to reverse; Keller Type 4. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, pl.140, item 12576.
Footnotes
The pierced lug at the top of the bow must have been a later addition in antiquity after the loss of the original knop.
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