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Hair Pin, Roman, Scepter-shaped Finial, c. 3rd Cent

Copper alloy; 114mm/11.7gm.

Con/ As fabricated; green patina.

Roman ladies tended to wear pins with lovely designs such as birds or hands holding a pearl; ours features a rare scepter-shaped finial.

We see lots of these on eBay, advertised as 'voting sticks' at exorbitant high prices. They are NOT voting sticks but rather simple hair pins.

Our price for these charming, decorative and collectable hair pins is just right.