Due to custom regulations we can not ship outside the E.U. Please make sure you have an EU shipping address before bidding. Roman bronze bow fibula with rolled sleeve hinge. Zig-zag decorations on the foot, knob terminals on the head and at the end of the bow. Length: ± 60 mm Width: ± 26,8 mm Condition: good condition, complete with pin (restored) and catchplate. Signs of wear consistent with age and use. See images. Fibuae with a rolled sleeve hinge date from beginning of the 2nd century and are considered a typical Roman construction. A rolled sleeve hinge is characteristic for bow brooches from the early Imperial period to the beginning of the 2nd century AD. Outside the Roman Empire, and after that time this type of hinge was seldom used.