1st century BC. A heavy silver brooch with pin, a baluster-offset bow decorated with hemispherical globes, alternating with grooved circlets, a trapezoidal head with dotted ornament and a spiral-wrapped arm. See similar typology of fibulae in Moscati, S., The Celts, New York, 1991, p.344, Celto-Illyrian fibulae of Scordisci from Jarak; Various, I Daci, Milano,1997, cat. nos.811-812. 132 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. The Scordisci of Illyria were a mixture of Celtic, Pannonian and Illyrian tribes which populated large portions of the territory of the Balkans, notably Serbia and Croatia, all the way down the Danube to North-Western Bulgaria. Their material culture included diagnostic material like peculiar fibulae, coins and weapons, often different from those of the Western Celts. The culture of the Scordisci was strongly connected with Geto-Dacian culture. Identical typology of fibulae were found in the hoard of Lupu (Various, 1997, p.349"). [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price