ROMAN BROOCH OR GARMENT PIN C.300-200 BC

No Reserve! Bronze, 2 1/4" length with a ridged back high arched frame of faceted section and knob terminal. The pin seat intact. Known as fibula, these operate like large safety pins to secure garmen

No Reserve! Bronze, 1 7/8" length with a ridged back high arched frame of faceted section and knob terminal. The pin seat intact. Known as fibula, these operate like large safety pins to secure garmen

No Reserve! The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Known as a fibula, serving as jewelry as well as a garment fastener. Bronze, 2 1/4" length, of elegant form with

No Reserve! 2nd-4th century AD, early Christian period when worship was conducted clandestinely in the catacombs. Bronze, 2" length. Slender form, probably for a woman. Knee fibula form with triple ba

No Reserve! 1st-3rd century AD, the time of Christ. Bronze, 3 1/8" length of elegant bow fibula form with stipple borders and disk finial. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the

1st-3rd century AD, the time of Christ. Bronze, 3 1/4" length of elegant bow tapered form with a series of "dot in circle" designs and a triangular stipple inscribed. The original garment pin patented

1st-3rd century AD, the time of Christ. Bronze, 2 1/8" length of elegant bow tapered form with a reeded back and knitted endpin seat. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the safet

2nd-4th century AD, early Christian period when worship was conducted clandestinely in the catacombs. Bronze, 2" length. Ridged back with a flared base, probably for a woman. Knee fibula form with rid

1st-3rd century AD. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Known as a knee fibula, serving as jewelry as well as a garment fastener. Bronze, just 2" length, of eleg

No Reserve! 1st-3rd century AD. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Known as a knee fibula, serving as jewelry as well as a garment fastener. Bronze, just 2 1/4"

No Reserve! 1st-3rd century AD, the time of Christ. Bronze, 2 1/4" length of elegant bow fibula form with stipple borders and knob finial. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the

No Reserve! 1st-3rd century AD. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Known as a knee fibula, serving as jewelry as well as a garment fastener. Bronze, just 1 1/8"

No Reserve! 2nd-4th century AD, early Christian period when worship was conducted clandestinely in the catacombs. Bronze, 1 3/8" length. Slender form, probably for a woman. Knee fibula form with ridge

No Reserve! The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Known as a fibula, serving as jewelry as well as a garment fastener. Bronze, 1 3/4" length, of elegant form with

No Reserve! The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin" . Arch form with the medieval ring. The pin seat intact. These served as a fashion accessory as well as a garment

1st-3rd century AD. Then time of Christ. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Bronze, 2" in length, of elegant form with double transverse crests to the back. Pro

1st-3rd century AD. Then time of Christ. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Bronze, 2 1/4" in length, of elegant form, probably for a woman’s garment. Op

1st-3rd century AD. Then time of Christ. The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Bronze, 1 3/8" in length, of elegant form with transverse crest to the back and broa

Bronze, just over 1 3/4" length, the elegant form is known as a bow fibula. Probably for a woman’s garment. Tapered frame with a tapered arched back. The original garment pin patented two mille

No Reserve! The original garment pin patented two millennia later as the "safety pin". Bow fibula, bronze, 2 1/8" length, of high arched form with a decorated raised spine along with the back and knob

2nd-1st century BC. A bronze fibula with transverse spring and integral pin, deep bow with returned foot forming the catch. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 227. 4.37 gr

7th-6th century BC. A bronze fibula with right-angled round-section bow, ribbed ends and raised cuffs, hand-shaped catch; pin replaced in antiquity. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford

1st century BC. A pair of bronze penannular brooches, each a round-section shank with everted ends and knop finials, coiled flat-section pin. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherb

1st century BC-1st century AD. A group of thirteen bronze bow brooches comprising of: ten with trumpet bow and coiled head-plate, one with anchor-shaped bow and round-section pin, one with triangular-