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A pair of Italic bronze quadruple spiral fibulae
each with four closely wound linked spirals, pins missing, one ornamented with a wide fragmentary central disc decorated with repoussé dotted border -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) wide av., late 8th Century B.C.; another larger, pin missing -- 4in. (10cm.) wide; a bronze fibula, with arched leaf-shaped bow engraved with chevrons along mid-rib and around the border -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) long; and another, the arched bow with four graduated groups of wide discs, alternating originally with other beads, pin missing -- 3in. (7.5cm.), all circa 7th Century B.C.
See Colour Plate 2 for items one and two (5)
each with four closely wound linked spirals, pins missing, one ornamented with a wide fragmentary central disc decorated with repoussé dotted border -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) wide av., late 8th Century B.C.; another larger, pin missing -- 4in. (10cm.) wide; a bronze fibula, with arched leaf-shaped bow engraved with chevrons along mid-rib and around the border -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) long; and another, the arched bow with four graduated groups of wide discs, alternating originally with other beads, pin missing -- 3in. (7.5cm.), all circa 7th Century B.C.
See Colour Plate 2 for items one and two (5)