Roman Silver Trumpet Plate Brooch

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (10.2 grams, 34 mm).

With an openwork sub-triangular body made up of three curved trumpet motifs; to the reverse, a pin lug supporting the hinged pin, and a flat transverse catchplate. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1626, for type.

CONDITION

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