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Description: | The wings are curved in section and open at the back to take the missing spring. There is a rear-facing hook in the centre to hold the chord of the spring in place. The wings are rather abraded, but there was certainly a vertical groove in the centre of each wing and there may have been other decoration too. The bow curves smoothly to a pointed foot with the remains of a catchplate on the reverse. There is decoration of a curving groove on either side of the top of the bow, but again it is abraded and further decoration may now be missing. Length 42 mm, width of wings 21 mm. A fairly common type of Roman brooch, first century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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