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Bronze Fibula Bow

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Bronze Fibula Bow

Period
Roman or post-Roman
Object
Fibula
Materials
Bronze
Catalogue
ANT-073

The bow of a large bronze fibula, surviving as a fragment with the pin and hook missing. Its size and weight suggest it fastened a heavy cloak. Age unknown.

Provenance
From a group lot of four miscellaneous artifacts; this piece carried no dealer ticket. Identified as a heavy cloak fibula, and dated Roman or post-Roman, by Jhonn Thomassen. Photograph: Tiber Numismatics and Auctions.
Acquired
Tiber Numismatics and Auctions, Auction 13 (biddr.com), lot 477 · 2026

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