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LOT 0823

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

ROMAN SILVER CROSSBOW BROOCH
3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (13.9 grams, 60 mm).

Of early type with lemon-shaped knop above the round-section crossbar, facetted bow with filigree coils to the lower end, D-section footplate with lateral chamfered edges and catchplate to reverse, hinged pin behind the crossbar. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Spinks, Shambles, York, circa 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1260.

CONDITION
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