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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shape brooch, missing its lower bow, catchplate and pin (although the lug survives). The wings and integral chain-loop are damaged.The incomplete wingspan is 19.5mm (estimated original wingspan 20mm). The copper alloy axis bar projects beyond the break on one side. The chain loop, of which about half survives, is mounted on a 9mm long moulding at the top of the wings.The flat bow is 9mm wide where it projects from the centre of the bow. It is 7mm wide at the break (ancient). A groove flanks either edge and just as the bow turns downward it has a raised diamond shape (square-on-points), 4.5x4.5x1mm. Just below this is a triangular cell 4x3.5mm and below this, across the break, part of another ?triangular cell.Incomplete length 25.5mm, weighs 4.13g.1st-2nd century.
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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