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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, crescent type of Aesica variant. Missing spring, pin; some corrosion (cleaned). The spring was held on a rear hook (now very small, probably damaged). The wings have single angled grooves. The bow is a flat plate with additional upper bow forward loop; this has a strong rib at the top which broadens as a slightly raised area with traces of an incised line along the edges. At the base of the front bow (which lacks the concave mouldings common on this type) there are small side projections. An applied crescent at mid bow has a zigzag of paired grooved lines on the outer face. Below this the flat expanding lower bow has three centre grooves and single lines along the sides. The small catchplate is solid. Length 29mm, width 17mm. Similar to Hattatt no 287 except much flatter on the upper bow. Hattatt shows (ABOA 1989, 39) that the type is strongly East Anglian in distribution, and this is supported by the use of the rear hook spring attachment associated by Mackreth with the Iceni area.
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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