CNG 103, Lot: 1284. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Bronze fibula in the shape of a two-headed monster. Roman, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Stylized chimaera-like monster with two heads facing one another, the larger with blue enamel eye. Body and tail with green and red enamel inlay.
Length: 4.3cm. Green patina. Pin missing, some damage to inlay. Cf. Mills R154.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.