Fine Bronze Pin with Hand and Pomegranate

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  • Size

    13.5cm(L) / 5"(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    Damage to two fingers.

  • Full Description

    Fine Bronze Pin with Hand and Pomegranate

    c. 2nd-3rd Century AD

    Rounded bronze shaft tapering to a rat-tail point; Ornate pin head consisting of women's cuffed hand clutching pomegranate between thumb and forefinger.

    Most likely a hair pin used during the later period of Roman ladies' high coiffure.

    cf. Hattatt, ABOA, 93.