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Description: | Copper-alloy Aucissa brooch. Broad flat bow arched to a semi-circle and is decorated withfour longitudinal mouldings down the centre. The flat head is broader than the bow and has engraved leaf motifs. There is a circular perforation at one side of the head, and the trace of a similar perforation at the other side, which is damaged. The head is rolled under to hold the axial bar which holds the hinged pin. There is a copper-alloy terminal knob at the intact end of the axis bar. The axial bar is missing shortly after the centre of the head. The pin is intact. There are at least two transverse mouldings at the junction of the bow and short foot. The foot is flat and tapers to a large foot knob with a transver se collar above it. The foot knob has a transverse ridge on the upper surface only. Catchplate intacy. Uneven, red/brown patina. | Subjects: | Aucissa | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Worrell, Sally - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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