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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy knee brooch of later Roman date (150 - 300 AD). The bow of the brooch has an angular (inverted L shaped) profile and a sub-rectangular cross section. The bow is 29.7mm long, 9.5mm wide and 9.9mm thick. The wings project at 90 degrees from the bow. These are sub-rectangular in plan, and have a D shaped profile. The projecting wings measure 7.4mm long, 16.6mm wide, and 6.1mm thick. The spring is contained within a cylindrical cover and attached by a central axis bar. The brooch weighs 15.17 grams. The spring and axis bar of the brooch are present beneath the cylindrical spring cover. These have corroded and so the number of turns of the spring cannot be estimated. The spring is attached to the brooch by a central axis bar. This passes through two small circular perforations in the endplates. The axis bar may be made of iron as there is a large amount of orange corrosion on the rear of the spring case. The axis bar has a diameter of 1.3mm. The catch-plate is located at the base or foot of the brooch. It is broken and only a small fragment survives. It seems from the projection that the catch-plate would have been a narrow bar with a hooked end. The surviving catch-plate measures 2mm length, and 3.4mm in width. The base of the bow of the brooch flares into a bulbous sub-square undecorated foot. It measures 9.5mm width and 10.6mm thickness. There are no cast decorative motifs on this brooch. The brooch is of a mid-dark green colour with an even patina which covers all surfaces. There is some abrasion present and has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface. This brooch seems to fit into Collingwood typology as Group V, sub divided by Snape as Group VA2. The closest parallel to this example is from Nether Denton pp 84-85, Fig 18, cat no 244. Similar brooches can be seen in Margaret Snape's book; Roman Brooches of North Britain, 1993: pp 17-20, fig 3.
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