2nd century AD. A silver knee brooch with transverse bar, D-shaped headplate, facetted piriform body, knop finial, extended catch and hinged pin to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 7513.7 grams, 28mm (1 1/4"). Property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s.[No Reserve]