RARE ROMAN SILVER LEGIONARY CROSSBOW INSCRIBED FIBULA Ca. AD 100 - 200. A crossbow brooch with a pin and solid arched bow engraved with the Latin inscription VTERE FELIX, meaning "Use [this] with luck". The crossbar terminates in three prominent faceted knobs, while the footplate is decorated with a central band of hatched design flanked by circular recesses. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 95.15.113. Size: 70mm x 50mm; Weight: 40g Provenance: London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the London art market pre-2000.