ROMAN BRONZE GILDED CROSSBOW FIBULA

ROMAN BRONZE GILDED CROSSBOW FIBULA

Guilded, hollow, side bar with three nippled knobs, pin at underside.

Ex priv. coll. J. G., Netherlands, acq. 1992-2021
L. 6, 3 cm; Nice green patina, pin partly broken off.

3rd – 5th cent. AD

Cf. R. Hattat,Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford 1985, nr.506, fig.57