Caption

Aucissa-type fibula, Rome Empire, complete brooch with a flat ring decorated with an elongated roller. Earth-brown patina. Half of the thin roller, with a hole for attaching a needle, is broken off. End of the 1st century BC–1st century, Black Sea region. Fibula; height 3.2 cm, width 5 cm, depth 1.4 cm, weight 6 g., A small metal object shaped like an arch with a straight bar across its base sits centered against a plain light gray background; the metal shows a worn, textured surface with dark gray, brown, and greenish patina, and one end of the arch terminates in a rounded, slightly bulbous knob while the opposite end connects to a small rounded clasp.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_123

License type

Rights managed

Available size

96.0Mb (622.5Kb) / 19.3in x 19.3in / 5792 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aucissa-type fibula Rome Empire complete brooch flat ring decorated elongated roller Earth-brown patina Half thin roller hole attaching needle broken off 1st century BC–1st century Black Sea region Fibula height 3.2 cm width 5 cm depth 1.4 cm weight 6 g small metal object shaped arch straight bar across base sits centered plain light gray background metal worn textured surface dark gray brown greenish patina arch terminates rounded slightly bulbous knob opposite connects small clasp.