2nd-4th century A.D.. Plate brooch formed as an S-shaped La Tène scroll with trumpet and bulb detailing, catch and pin to the reverse. Cf. Heeren, S. & van der Feijst, L., Fibulae uit de Lage Landen. Beschrijving, Analyse en Interpretatie van een Archeologische Vondstcategorie, Amersfoort, 2017, item NL-0454-07b-048, for a more elaborate example of the type. 10 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2 in.).

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late-1990s. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)