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LOT 0770
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (78 grams, 85 mm).
With onion-knop apex finial and knops on either side, claw detailing to the headplate, deep bow, chamfered lateral faces sections to the foot with scroll detailing, hinged pin to the reverse.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, pl.140, item 12576.
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