A GROUP OF BRONZE FIBULAE Circa 1st –...
A GROUP OF BRONZE FIBULAE Circa 1st – 3rd Century A.D. Including a Romano-British umbonate brooch, 3.5cm diameter; a Romano-Celtic bronze wheel fibula with decorative enamelling, 3.2cm diamter; a Roman fibula with lettering reading MARS, 3.4cm high; a Gallo-Roman bronze crescent fibula with enamel inlays, 4.3cm long; a Gallo-Roman silver fibula of an urn, 2.7cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze lunular fibula with enamel inlays, 3.9cm long, (6) Provenance: The umbonate brooch, Ex private UK collection, acquired by current owner in 1990; the Roman MARS fibula, Private collection Austria acquired prior to 1997, Ex Dorotheum 22nd April 1997, lot 144; the other four fibulae all ex private UK collection.
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A GROUP OF BRONZE FIBULAE Circa 1st – 3rd Century A.D. Including a Romano-British umbonate brooch, 3.5cm diameter; a Romano-Celtic bronze wheel fibula with decorative enamelling, 3.2cm diamter; a Roman fibula with lettering reading MARS, 3.4cm high; a Gallo-Roman bronze crescent fibula with enamel inlays, 4.3cm long; a Gallo-Roman silver fibula of an urn, 2.7cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze lunular fibula with enamel inlays, 3.9cm long, (6) Provenance: The umbonate brooch, Ex private UK collection, acquired by current owner in 1990; the Roman MARS fibula, Private collection Austria acquired prior to 1997, Ex Dorotheum 22nd April 1997, lot 144; the other four fibulae all ex private UK collection.
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