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LOT 0938
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.
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