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LOT 0720
Roman Decorated Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (87 grams, 96 mm).
Substantial crossbow brooch with onion-knop finials and keeled bow with a hatched panel, a ribbed collar above the junction and a wide rectangular footplate with ring-and-dot motifs, pin and integral catchplate on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1980.
Private collection, Suffolk.
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LOT 0720
Roman Decorated Bronze Crossbow Brooch
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
