4th century AD. A bronze crossbow brooch with onion-shaped finials, lops to the upper face of the crossbar, deep wedge-section bow, parallel-sided footplate with lateral C-scrolls, slit to the catchplate; pin absent. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 104. 76.6 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. [No Reserve]