ROMAN BROOCH, FIBULA, C.300 CENTURY AD

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The original garment pin was patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Bronze, 2 ¼” (2.26”) in length, of elegant arched form, probably for a lady's garment, with the cross pin slot intact. Fine patina.

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ROMAN BROOCH, FIBULA, C.300 CENTURY AD

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