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4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GILT BRONZE CROSSBOW FIBULA
4TH CENTURY A.D.
With three knobbed terminals at the head, the arched bow supported by a scrolled crossbar, a decorative niello strip running the length of the body with roundels containing faces and two cross motifs between bands of herringbone design, pin intact, mounted
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long
4TH CENTURY A.D.
With three knobbed terminals at the head, the arched bow supported by a scrolled crossbar, a decorative niello strip running the length of the body with roundels containing faces and two cross motifs between bands of herringbone design, pin intact, mounted
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1990s.
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