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LOT 0663
Roman Bronze Equal Arm Bow Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (7.89 grams, 42 mm).
With a wide openwork bow, short foot to each end with a stylised beast-head; pin lugs and pin to the reverse; central transverse applied silver band with impressed triangle detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, for discussion.
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