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LOT 0569
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (47.9 grams, 79 mm).
With facetted onion-knop finials above notched collars, a vertical band of punched detailing to the bow extending along the foot, chamfered lateral faces to the foot with radiating detailing, and a hinged pin to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig.119(7), for type.
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LOT 0569
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' refers to a four-sided shape. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term ‘token’ is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets.
