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Description: | Roman brooch; cast copper alloy head fragment of aesica brooch, dating to the 1st century AD. The fragment consists of the front part of the wings and the broad, curling bow with has a moulded ridge running down the centre in high relief. The bow flares out to a little knop at either side and comes to a point in the centre at the bottom of the bow section. The rest of the brooch bow and foot would have been fixed to the back of this section.
Length 34.1mm, width 22.4mm, thickness 14.8mm, weight 16.25g
Ref: See Hattatt, page 310 (figure 169), especially brooch 799. | Subjects: | aesica | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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