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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow and fantail brooch.
Hattatt fig 174. Type 815 brooch.
The brooch is 33mm long, 18.5mm wide and 12mm thick. It weighs 5.83grms.
The brooch has a pin bar lug (double lug) with a hinged mechanism. The pin is mainly present but it is damaged and the tip is missing. The catchplate is mainly present and partly erroded. There is a loop at the top of the wings, but this is broken.
The brooch has a green patina, with some silvering still visible.
Surface decoration is Romano-British in style, with a central rib on the bow.
Condition is fair. | Subjects: | Bow and fantail | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johns, Phillip | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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