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Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow-and-Fantail Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow-and-Fantail Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow-and-Fantail Brooch
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LOT 0656

Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow-and-Fantail Brooch

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (5.85 grams, 32 mm).

With large enamel-filled disc to the bow, reserved triangular panel to the foot, rectangular headplate with loop above, catch and spring to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

Literature

Cf. Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, figs.113-5.

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LOT 0656

Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow-and-Fantail Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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