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ROMAN BRONZE SWASTIKA BROOCH WITH HORSE HEADS
ROMAN BRONZE SWASTIKA BROOCH WITH HORSE HEADS
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Ca. AD 300.
A bronze brooch in a form of a swastika with four stylised horse head terminals and a catch-plate on the reverse. The swastika was a symbol of lightning bolts in Roman art and is therefore associated with the thunder god, Jupiter. Restored. For more information, see Richard Hattatt. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books.
Size: 41mm x 29mm; Weight: 17.7g
Provenance: From the estate of a West Sussex collector.
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ROMAN BRONZE SWASTIKA BROOCH WITH HORSE HEADS

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