PAIR OF ROMAN BRONZE BROOCHES Ca. AD 200 - 400. A pair of bronze brooches. The one on the left depicts a horse in profile, shown walking to the left with linear incisions along the neck and mane, and an openwork frame beneath the stomach. The brooch on the right has a cross-shaped form composed of four stylised horse heads with circular eyes and short muzzles, each head projecting from the end of a broad, angular arm. For similar see: R. Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, p. 359, fig. 218. Size: 34-38mm x 23-34mm; Weight: 9g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.