Ca. 100-300 AD. A bronze S-shaped brooch with a catch plate on the reverse. Good condition. This object conveys the pervasiveness of a Celtic aesthetic in the Empire's western provinces in the first centuries AD. For a similar example, see Richard Hattatt (2000), A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books, p. 357, item 1626B.Size: L:36.6mm / W:18.8mm ; 7.56gProvenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1980s;