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Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tène Type I Fibula
Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tène Type I Fibula
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4th-3rd century BC. An unusual fibula of La Tène Type I with deep D-section bow and returned foot with bell-shaped finial and knop with glass (?) insert; flat-section shank pierced to accept a separate pin; old collector's label '89.399' to underside. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, items 220, 222. 11 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair, London collection, acquired 1989, inventory no.399. The brooch is unusual in not having an integral spring and pin formed as an extension to the bow, but a flat finial pierced to accept a separate pin (and spring?).
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Fine condition.
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Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tène Type I Fibula

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