COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE LEGIONARY BROOCHES

Ca. AD 200 - 400. A collection of three bronze brooches. The one on the left is S-shaped with a broad, flat body and sharply pointed terminals. The central brooch is circular with an openwork design of intersecting curves forming a stylised symmetrical motif within a plain rim. The brooch on the right is also S-shaped but with more pronounced curvature and wider terminals. For similar see: R. Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, p. 357, fig. 216. Size: 33-40mm x 23-34mm; Weight: 30g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.