"Gaul: Gallo-roman Fibula In The Shape Of A Hare/rabbit"
Gallo-Roman fibula in the shape of a hare. Copper alloy nielloed with a silver-based mixture and tinned.
Typical work from the Alesia region.
1st - 3rd century AD.
2.81 g 21.80 x 16.8 mm.
Missing the pin.
Charming fibula whose tin layer, which was intended to imitate silver, is still clearly visible in places, which is rare for this type of fibula.
A similar example is kept at the Alésia Museum (inv. no. 2004.1.494).
RARE, especially with part of the tinning preserved.
Bibliography: Feugère, Les fibules en Gaule méridionale, de la conquête au Ve siècle ap. JC, Paris, CNRS, 1985, pp. 407-408, fig. 60 (variant 29a14b: cunimorphic fibula; a rabbit on the right, at rest, nielloed).
Provenance: old collection from south-east France formed from the 60s.
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