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Description: | Aesica type brooch Roman 1st century 37mm long, 19mm wide, 4mm wide Semicircular wings with a concave reverse, lugs on the terminal of each wing, which are projecting to the rear, both have a hole off centre for the spring support bar, which is now missing. There is a groove border running around the terminal of one outside face of the wings, the other wing is heavily worn and corroded, obscuring any such detail. The head of the bow is trapezoid shaped with the narrower edge at the top, there is a knop at the corner on the bottom edge. The sides of the head have raised borders with rope work decoration, from the edges either side dips down as it goes in towards the centre, before coming up to form a raised platform, on which a crest sits and runs down the length of the head, rope work decoration on the crest. At the top of the crest there is the remains of a loop that would have held part of the spring. Below the head is the knee (5mm wide) which has a recesses collar, below which is a series of lines which forms a diamond style pattern. The rest of the leg expands outwards from this point so that the base of the foot is 13mm wide. There are two sets of horizontal lines at this point at the terminal. The catch plate on the reverse is complete, the pin support bar spring and pin are all missing.The artefact has a mid green patina with slight corrosion on leading edges. On the whole the object is in very good condition with almost all of its original surface remaining.
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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