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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4205764, member: 90248&quot;]Been reading through this thread and found it really interesting...</p><p>Some great artifacts...</p><p>I have a couple of Roman Fibulae...</p><p>The first is a Bow type Fibula Group B3: Two-piece construction with a pin holding the spring and is commonly called a Trumpet Fibula...</p><p>Here&#039;s a great reference site for those interested.. <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Fibula" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Fibula" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/n...p?key=Fibula</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078196[/ATTACH] </p><p>The second 32mm diameter, bronze,&nbsp; with a hinged pin and are more commonly known as a Disc Brooch. This type of brooch was not popular outside of the Roman provincies and was used around the 1st to the 2nd century AD...Due to the design it was probably not used for holding cloth in place but more as a decorative feature and probably had a coloured inlay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078197[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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