Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch

4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (44.8 grams, 78 mm).

With onion knop finials, deep bow, stepped junction with foot, trapezoidal foot with ring-and-dot motifs and integral catch; hinged pin to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Literature

Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, pl.140, item 12576.

CONDITION

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