IRON AGE & ROMAN BROOCHES
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WRA 3455 |
Celtic La Te'ne I Brooch A La Te'ne I brooch, made from a single piece of bronze which forms the body spring and pin, the foot hooked shaped with a knob terminal. 4th-3rd Century BC. 33 mm long.
Complete with a working pin. |
£48.00 |
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WRA 5150 |
Celtic La Te'ne II Brooch. A La Te'ne II brooch,
made from a single piece of bronze that forms the pin, spring, flat
lozenge shaped body and catch-plate, this loops back and hooks on to the
bow. 2nd-1st Century BC. 56 mm high. Complete with working pin. |
£85.00 |
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WRA 6175 |
Celtic La Te'ne III Brooch. A La Te'ne III brooch,
made from a single piece of bronze which forms the body, spring and pin,
the bow is of flat section and deeply arched. 1st century BC/AD. 33 mm
high. Complete with working pin. |
£55.00 |
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WRA 5151 |
Celtic Schusselfibel Brooch. The Schusselfibel
(spoon shaped) brooch is a short lived continental type of the later half
of the 1st century BC. loosely based on the La Te'ne III type. This
example is complete with working pin and in very good condition with an
attractive green patina. A long slender type measuring 66 mm high with
deep grooved decoration to the bow. See Hattatt No 747. From Thrace.
Rare. |
£145.00 |
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WRA 7722 |
Celtic Dragonesque Brooch. A copper-alloy
Dragonesque brooch of the classic "S" shape. This being one of the
better styled types with clearly defined features. The decoration to the
head and body consisting of cells of yellow, green and red enamel. 1st
century AD. Lincolnshire. 42 mm long. A very attractive piece with a
good solid dark green patina. |
£525.00 |
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WRA 8473 |
Romano British Dolphin Brooch. An attractive bronze
dolphin brooch with two square cut-outs to the bow and tapering body.
1st century AD. Richard Hattatt, Iron Age and Roman Brooches, No.367.
UKDFD # 31017. Lincolnshire. 38mm x 26mm. Attractive and complete
with working pin. |
£75.00 |
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WRA 6177 |
Roman Hod Hill type brooch. An attractive bronze
Hod Hill type (no side lugs) brooch, with deep arched bow decorated with a
large saltire of black niello. 1st century AD. See Hattatt No 330 for
similar. 42 mm long. Complete with working pin and much of the bright
tinned surface. |
£125.00 |
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WRA 9944 |
Romano British Hod Hill Type Brooch. A copper alloy
Hod Hill type brooch without the usual side lugs. The top part of the
bow is decorated with three lines of notched ribbing, while the bottom
part is plain. The whole brooch still retains much of its original
silver or tinned surface. 1st century AD. See Hattatt's, Ancient and
Romano-British Brooches, No. 313. Found near Oakham in the county of
Rutland. 47 mm x 16 mm. Catchplate hook missing but complete with pin
in the closed position. |
£95.00 |
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WRA 3458 |
Roman 'P' Shaped Brooch A large and sturdy bronze 'P' shaped brooch. The bow highly decorated with crescents, notches and lines, this leads down to the solid cast returned foot. 2nd-3rd Century AD. 70 mm long.
Complete with the iron pin that is still in the same position when it was lost over 1800 years ago. |
£75.00 |
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WRA 5143 |
Roman Iron 'P' Shaped Brooch. The large iron 'P'
shaped brooch with returned foot that is fixed to the bow by a coil.
2nd-3rd Century AD. 81 mm long. Complete and in very good condition for
iron. |
£45.00 |
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WRA 6178 |
Roman Knee Brooch. An extremely rare bronze knee
brooch of the standard shape but with two pins and double catchplate for
fixing. 2nd century AD. 38 mm high. Complete, a type I have not seen
before, no parallel in Hattatt. |
£125.00 |
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WRA 9034 |
Romano British Penannular brooch. An early bronze
penannular brooch of round section which tapers down to scrolled back
terminals, half the body decorated with incised lines. 1st century AD.
See Hattatt # 651 for similar. 24 mm diameter. Attractive patina and
complete with working pin. Found Ancaster area in the 1970's. |
£65.00 |
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WRA 8163 |
Roman Penannular brooch. A copper-alloy penannular
brooch of round cross-section. The terminals are spherical with two
collars behind. The pin is arched downwards to facilitate the folds of
cloth. Circa 1st century AD. Fowler Type A3. Lincolnshire. 30 mm
diameter. Attractive dark brown patina and complete with working pin. |
£45.00 |
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WRA 5642 |
Roman Openwork Brooch. An elaborate openwork bronze
brooch. 2nd-3rd Century AD. 27 mm diameter. Complete with pin.
Unrecorded type no parallel to be found in Hattatt's |
£75.00 |
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WRA 3680 |
Roman Openwork Plate Brooch A bronze crescent shaped openwork plate brooch with scroll work ends. 2nd Century AD. European. 27 mm long.
Complete with working pin. |
£85.00 |
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WRA 3674 |
Roman Openwork Plate Brooch An elegant bronze openwork plate brooch, using the pure Celtic trumpet motif design. 2nd-3rd Century AD. European. 31 mm long.
Complete with pin. |
£115.00 |
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WRA 5139 |
Roman Skeuomorphic Brooch. A bronze Skeuomorphic
brooch in the form of an axe with scroll work decoration to the handle.
2nd century AD. 42 mm long. Pin missing. |
£75.00 |
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WRA 3825 |
Roman Skeuomorphic Brooch A bronze Skeuomorphic brooch in the form of a cornucopia with tripled knobbed foot. 2nd Century AD. See Hattatt No 1149. 41 mm long.
Rare, no pin. |
£85.00 |
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WRA 4741 |
Roman Zoomorphic plate brooch An unusual style
bronze zoomorphic plate brooch decorated with four animal heads. 2nd
Century AD. Europe. 36 mm long. Iron pin missing otherwise complete,
much of the bright tinned surface intact. |
£85.00 |
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WRA 8416 |
Romano British Zoomorphic brooch. In the form of a
boar, with well formed crest, main, ears and snout. The body is
decorated with circular cells, some of which retain traces of enamel.
Circa 2nd century AD. 31.5 mm long. |
£225.00 |
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WRA 6179 |
Roman Plate brooch. A very good condition bronze
wheel brooch, with eight small lugs around the outer edge and a four spoke
design in the centre. 1st Century AD. See Hattatt No 1004 for similar. 38
mm diameter. Complete with pin and much of the bright tinned surface. |
£150.00 |
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