Bidspirit auction | Roman Silver Urn-Headed Dress Pin

Roman Silver Urn-Headed Dress Pin - 1st-2nd century AD A silver dress pin with tapering round-section shank, finial formed as an urn with hatched body and scrolled handles. 12 grams, 12.5cm (5”). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa; acquired since the late 1980s. Literature See Corbet Anderson, J. The Roman City of Uriconium, London, 1867, p.79ff for discussion.