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LOT 0607
Roman Silver Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (21 grams, 59 mm).
With bulbous knops to the crossbar and applied conical knop to the base of the bow, keeled footplate.
Provenance
Ex important German collection of brooches, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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