8th-7th century BC. A group of bronze arched brooches, one Phrygian with ribbed shank, the other Persian with right-angled bend and ribbed panels. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 211; Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 711. 79 grams total, 63-67mm (2 1/2"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. [2, No Reserve]