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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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