Roman Bronze Plate Brooch

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (5.61 grams, 24 mm).

Comprising a discoid plaque and hinged S-curved pin to the reverse, the obverse with a millefiori glass insert.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 523.

CONDITION

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LOT 0867