Both upper and lower crowns have carinae fore and aft but are otherwise smooth and remarkably stout (Fig. 2 E).

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Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.