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Category:

Clothes & fibulas > fibula > fibula with spiral > Weakly profiled fibula > Roman knee fibula with semicircular head plate

Finder:

Mirjam Scholz

Find ID:

VT-YC48QY69

Published:

4.3.2024

Dating:

2nd century AD

Material:

Bronze

Country:

Germany

County:

Günzburg

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Jan 4.3.2024

Oh nice! Where were they found? Markus will be happy... 👌

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Mirjam Scholz 4.3.2024

In Burgau (Swabia). Found yesterday, already in the mail to the LfD today 😊

Jan 4.3.2024

Top - congratulations and... commendable, commendable! 😉

Mirjam Scholz 4.3.2024

Of course, it says "in a timely manner", so about 48 hours after the discovery 😎.

Markus Wehmer 5.3.2024

Very beautiful brooches! Determining the exact type of brooch is a challenge for me. Is the bow flat like sheet metal or cast solid? If it is more of an Alpine type of brooch, this would be the right literature to start with: Stefan Demetz, Fibeln der Spätlatène- und historischen und provinzialröschenische Archäologie 4 (Rahden/Westf. 1999).

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Mirjam Scholz 5.3.2024

These are both brooches (parts) from a strongly profiled Almgren 68 brooch. Beautiful pieces. Date from around 50 to 150 AD as far as I know. But I'm waiting for the expertise from the LfD when I get my database extract.

Markus Wehmer 5.3.2024

Ah! You only photographed the underside of the bow! Difficult conditions! 😜 Then it will fit with the upper string, the securely open needle holder and the small support arms UNDER the string. Almgren 68 will definitely fit then.

Mirjam Scholz 5.3.2024

The top is also here as a picture 😊. Yes, with some fragments and just from a picture it is sometimes difficult to classify it correctly. Since 1.7.23 we have to hand in all our finds (everything older than the 17th century) and since then I have not taken any more pictures on a Metrika. But I will do that again here in the future. As a rule, I immediately pack the finds in lost and found bags, label them and take them to the post office 👍