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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman knee brooch. The semi-tubular wings conceal a copper-alloy spring mechanism. The sides of the wings are pierced for an axis bar and the chord is internal. The spring is quite worn so it is impossible to tell how many turns there were and the pin is missing. The bow is curved in profile, but rectangular in section and has a rib where it meets the wings. The rear of the bow has two opposing projections in profile, almost completing a circle. The foot of the brooch is missing. The surviving length is 25.2mm, the width is 18.6mm and the weight is 12.4g. A similar example with the curving projections can be found in Hattat, 1987. 265, No.1228.
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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