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LOT 0938

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EUR (€) 120 - 160
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Current bid: £5 (+bp*)
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(1 Bid, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £5
ROMAN SILVER CROSSBOW BROOCH
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (15.3 grams, 54 mm).

With barrel-shaped knops with collar beneath to the ends of the headplate and medially along the top edge; deep trapezoidal-section bow with median gusset and notch detailing; D-section footplate with chamfered sides open to one edge, its upper face of the bow with notched detailing; hinged pin to reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig.114(1), for similar.

CONDITION
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