ROMAN CROSSBOW BROOCH 4th century AD A silver bow brooch of crossbow type with hexagonal-section hollow crossbar and hinged pin, three knops with flared base and beaded wire fillets, deep trapezoidal-section bow with ribbed lower end and beaded wire fillet, rectangular footplate with chamfered sides; the bow and footplate with median band of punched triangles; the catch a mechanism housed within the hollow footplate. 35 grams, 68mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an important collection of jewellery formed over 40 years by a German collector. Literature Cf. Heynowski, R. Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 4.4.4.
ROMAN CROSSBOW BROOCH 4th century AD A silver bow brooch of crossbow type with hexagonal-section hollow crossbar and hinged pin, three knops with flared base and beaded wire fillets, deep trapezoidal-section bow with ribbed lower end and beaded wire fillet, rectangular footplate with chamfered sides; the bow and footplate with median band of punched triangles; the catch a mechanism housed within the hollow footplate. 35 grams, 68mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an important collection of jewellery formed over 40 years by a German collector. Literature Cf. Heynowski, R. Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 4.4.4.
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