226 - Pair of gilded brooches from the Migration Period. Ostrogothic, second half of the 5th century A.D. L 11.5 cm. Cast silver, gilded. Bow-shaped brooches with a semicircular head plate featuring three circular discs, a rhombic base plate with two round discs at each of the longitudinal corners, and a base in the shape of an animal’s head. The head and base plates feature incised decoration. One pin is missing; slightly corroded on the reverse. Provenance: Gorny & Mosch Auction 235, 2015, lot 345; formerly from the H.S. Collection, Germany, acquired 1971–1998.

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