big fibulae

[kitov]

Can anyone id fiblae 100 mm ?

[Viminacium]

Doesnt look like roman type to me...

[SC]

This is a "tied foot" type of bow fibula. 

I forget the original German name.  The name comes from the fact that the foot, or catch plate, is bent back in a wire form and tied around the mid-end of the bow.

They are found in iron and bronze variants.  Going from memory they are late-Roman era (maybe 4th - 5th century AD but again this is from memory) and are associated with Germanic and/or Sarmatian tribal groupings not with Romans per se.

Nice to still have the wide bilateral spring intact.

Shawn

[kitov]

thanks for  all.
Gencho.