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Description: | Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch, incomplete, 1st century. Most of the pin, and some of the turns of the spring are broken off. The spring is held within the cylindrical spring cover - this is decorated with two closely spaced narrow grooves at either end and a transverse double groove across the top. The bow has raised decoration of three groups of two closely spaced longitudinal ridges - one central and one at either edge. Damaged openwork catchplate (single piercing). Dark brown-green patina with some light blue-green corrosion. Length 44.84mm, width of wings 17.56mm, width at top of bow 9.5mm, thickness including the bent pin 14.92mm, original thickness c.11mm, weight 6.17g. | Subjects: | Langton Down | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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