Fibula

1st century BCE-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)

1.3 cm 5.8 cm 3 cm

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The fibula has a cast bow. The clasp ends in a ball. The bow is decorated by two deep lines, with a rope-like central band. The pin is made separately and attached to the hinge by a (modern) bar. This type of fibula is typical of the later Roman Empire.

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37404
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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