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LOT 0812
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ROMAN ENAMELLED BRONZE BOW BROOCH
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (21.8 grams, 49 mm).
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (21.8 grams, 49 mm).
Dolphin-type T-shaped bow brooch with barrel-shaped crossbar, ornamented with punched segmentation to the obverse, imitation spring-coil to the reverse; shallow bow with lateral bands of pointillé detailing flanking a column of square cells to accept enamel fill; trumpet-shaped lobe finial; catch to reverse with openwork ornament; hinged pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 3.29.2, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The brooch features a hinged pin but the ribbed ornament on the crossbar replicates the coiled spring of contemporary Colchester-type bow brooches.
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