Roman Hair Pin with Head of an Empress
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1st-3rd century AD. A bronze hair pin, body decorated with horizontal lines, the head with the bust of an empress, possibly Julia Domna (170-217 AD), hair dressed into a centre parting and falling to the sides with a bun at the back. Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Julia Domna was born in Syria around AD 170. She married Septimius Severus in A.D. 188, and had a son who was later to become the Emperor Caracalla; and a second son, P. Septimius Geta. In A.D. 208 she accompanied Severus, Caracalla and Geta on prolonged military campaigns to Britain. 11 grams, 10.5cm (4").
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Fine condition.
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Roman Hair Pin with Head of an Empress
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