GREEK BROOCH, FIBULA, 2ND CENTURY BC.

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The original garment pin was patented 2000 years later as the " safety pin" . Bow fibula, bronze, 2 1/8" length, of high arched form with a nub finial. Surface lightly encrusted from burial. Probably for a man's garment.

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GREEK BROOCH, FIBULA, 2ND CENTURY BC.

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