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LOT 0790
Roman Bronze Military Knee Brooch Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURIES A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (66 grams total, 29-39 mm).
Comprising examples with sprung pins or hinged pins and catch plates to reverses. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s.
Literature
See Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, figs.7546, 7621, 12545, for the type.
Footnotes
The knee brooches, especially in Britain, are connected to military sites, like the Hadrian’s Wall. The British types evolved after the continental versions appeared in Britannia, possibly having been imported by Noricum’s soldiers.
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