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Item eight: Animals, 2004, VI, no. 67.
Item eight: Animals, 2004, VI, no. 67.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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FOUR ROMAN BRONZE BIRD FIBULAE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
One pin missing, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long max.; a Roman miniature bronze dog on a circular lid, circa 2nd Century A.D., 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) long; an early Etruscan bronze horse fibula with spring coil and fragmentary pin, circa early 7th Century B.C., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long; a bronze belt buckle with lion head, the circular plate with facing lion head in relief, mouth agape, Roman or later; and another bronze belt buckle with bear head, mounted, both 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long (8)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
One pin missing, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long max.; a Roman miniature bronze dog on a circular lid, circa 2nd Century A.D., 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) long; an early Etruscan bronze horse fibula with spring coil and fragmentary pin, circa early 7th Century B.C., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long; a bronze belt buckle with lion head, the circular plate with facing lion head in relief, mouth agape, Roman or later; and another bronze belt buckle with bear head, mounted, both 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long (8)
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