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Roman Bronze Hair Pins

Roman Bronze Hair Pins

€95,00
€95,00
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Roman Empire, c. 100–200 AD

A superb pair of ancient Roman hair pins, beautifully cast in bronze and featuring a bulbous spherical heads and a straight, tapering shafts terminating in a finely pointed tips.

Pins of this refined type were versatile personal accessories in antiquity, serving both as functional fasteners for garments and as decorative implements for securing elaborate hairstyles. The simplicity of form, combined with the subtle sheen of aged bronze, reflects the Roman appreciation for balance, proportion, and understated elegance in everyday adornment.

Excellent condition. Intact. Age-related wear. A fine green patina envelops in layers of mottled grayish hues. Size approx. 4,3cm x 0,5cm x 0,2cm and 4,1cm x 1,2cm x 0,2cm. Sell as a pair.

Provenance: Dutch private collection

For a similar examples see:

Bronze pin, Science Museum Group, Accession Number: A645877  (https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co87819/bronze-pin-pin-fastener.)

Pin, The British Museum, Accession Number: 2007,8045.53 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2007-8045-53)

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