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LOT 0818
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (35.7 grams, 76 mm).
With onion-knop finials, gusset to the bow, chamfered sections to the foot with ring-and-dot motifs, and a hinged pin to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig.119(7), for type.
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