8th century BC-4th century AD. A group of bronze arched brooches comprising: one Phrygian with ribbed shank, one Persian with right-angled bend and ribbed panels; a crossbow brooch with onion-shaped finials, knops to the upper face of the crossbar, deep wedge-section bow, parallel-sided footplate with lateral C-scrolls, slit to the catchplate; pin absent; an Alesia type bow brooch with ribbed triangular bow, flange foot with lateral catch, hinged pin. Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 211; Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 711; Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 104; and Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 825.167.1 grams total, 55-83mm (2 - 3 1/4"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s.[4, No Reserve]