CIRCA LATE 7TH CENTURY B.C.

The fibula is of sanguisuga form, which is characterized by a hollow arched bow and long narrow catch plate. The surface is embellished with typically fine granulation, including a geometric and floral decoration with the flat top plate and the arched bow covered with looped and curled gold wire. The terminal ends in conjoined stylized lion heads. For a similar fibula see, Schmuck der Antike: Ausgewählte Werke der Staatlichen Antikensammlungen München, Munich, 2010, p. 88, no. 47. For Etruscan fibulae, see M. Cristofani & M. Martelli, L'Oro degli Etruschi, Novara, 1983, pp. 139-143.