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Description: | A copper-alloy incomplete Roman bow brooch of aesica rear hook type, probably an East Anglian form, see Hattat 1989, 310, fig 169, no. 292. The wings are small and short, the rear hook worn and incomplete. The spring and pin is missing and the edges of the foot and catchplate have worn away. The bow is rectangular with longitudinal grooves and steps down to the foot via two trasnverse steps. Below these is a double triangular motif, with the point downwards, There are also faint traces of a pairs of longitudinal grooves running down to the terminal of the foot below this. It measures 33.06mm in length and 13.84mm in width. | Subjects: | aesica variant | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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