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LOT 0685
Estimate
GBP (£) 150 - 200
EUR (€) 170 - 230
USD ($) 200 - 270
ROMAN DOG BROOCH
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (2.5 grams, 34 mm).
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (2.5 grams, 34 mm).
An unusual copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a dog with two legs and a long tail, the body characterised by a series of horizontal grooves, raised pins to the front and back, the ones on the back probably for the attachment of the hinged pin.
PROVENANCE:
Acquire in the 1990s.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Melchart, W., Antike Kostbarkeiten aus Osterreichischem privatbesitz, Wien, 1997, fig.47, for a similar specimen.
FOOTNOTES:
This unusual fibula was probably a provincial production. The dog was connected to the Celtic divinities and also with Silvanus, who was associated with healing, hunting, and dogs.
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