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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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