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LOT 0635

Roman Deer Brooch for Flaina

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (11.5 grams, 41 mm).

A copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch, in the shape of a deer with two legs, a short tail and a complete antler, characterised by a series of transverse grooves, the body of the animal with the inscription 'FLAINA' in Latin letters; pin lugs and remains of ferrous pin to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquire in the 1990s.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Melchart, W., Antike Kostbarkeiten aus Osterreichischem privatbesitz, Wien, 1997, fig.31, for a very similar specimen.

Footnotes

Roman fibulae came in a variety of shapes and embellishments. In the Roman Empire, the fibula was both functional and decorative, as men and women wore it to fasten their aprons and cloaks. A similar function was performed by pins intended to hold heavy garments such as cloaks. This type of fibulae were probably produced in Pannonia, from where they were exported around the Empire. Another centre of production of deer fIbulae was probably Roman Britannia.

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LOT 0635

Roman Deer Brooch for Flaina

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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