NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 263 



Figure 11. Side view of 1 \a. 



11a. Front view of bronze fibula with arms. 



12. Bulbous fibula with ring attached ; possibly early 2nd century. 

 12a. Side view of ditto. 



13. Nearly complete fibula of bronze ; 2nd or 3rd century. 

 13a. Under view of ditto. 



PLATE XXVI. 



Figure 1. Harp-shaped fibula of bronze, with acus, and ring for fastening 



complete ; ornamented by boss on front. 

 ,, la. Side view of ditto. 

 ,, 2. Harp-shaped fibula, ornamented on front with rectangular 



holes, which probably originally contained enamel ; first 



half of 2nd century. 

 ,, 2a. Side view of ditto. 

 ,, 3. T fibula, silvered, with acus complete. 

 ,, 3«. Side view of ditto. 



„ 4. T fibula, with three incisions on the top for jewels or enamel. 

 ,, 40. Side view of ditto. 

 ,, 5. Top view of bronze harp-shaped fibula. 



6. T-shaped bronze fibula, with two incisions on the top for the 



reception of jewels or enamel. 

 ,, 6a. Side view of ditto. 

 ,, 7. Front view of plain bronze fibula. 

 ,, "J a. Side view of ditto. 



8. Bronze harp-shaped fibula, with ten diamond-shaped incisions 



on the front, similar in type to the specimen figured on 

 page 254 ; first, half of 2nd century. 



9. Plain bronze fibula of similar tvpe to fig. 7. 

 ,, ga. Side view of ditto. 



PLATE XXVII. 

 Figure 1. Penannular brooch of bronze wire, with acus missing. 



2 - >• >> •. ,, complete. 



3- *> t> ,, ,, with coiled ends. 

 ■ • with twisted wire, and 



acus missing, 

 portion of acus missing, 

 with coiled ends, 

 pulled out of shape, acus 



missing, 

 pulled out of shape, acus 

 complete. 

 9. Brooch with coiled wire spring, made from one piece of bronze 

 wire ; la T^ne period. 

 ga. Side view of ditto. 



10. Fibula with rat-trap spring. 



11. Fibula made from bronze wire, early type, acus missing. 

 I2 - " >i >> >, ,, complete. 



PLATE XXVIII. 

 Figure 1. Portion of large Gaulish fibulae— part missing ; 1st century. 

 „ 2. Fibula of thin bronze, with elaborate lozenge-shaped orna- 

 ment, Gaulish ; 1st century 

 ,, 2a. Side view of ditto. 



