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Description: | A probably Roman copper-alloy complete bracelet, in good condition and only slightly distorted. It is now bent into a roughly oval shape and measures 78mm by 58mm externally and 75mm by 55mm internally. The strip of copper-alloy from which the bracelet is made flares from 5mm in width to a central portion, circa 50mm in length, which is 7mm in width. Where the bracelet flares it has border bands of transverse grooves and within these the longitudinal edges have V-shaped notches. There is no decoration visible on the rest of the hoop. The two terminals of the bracelet are fastened, one terminal consists of a hook and the other flares into a rectangular shape with a rectangular perforation with rounded corners, which measures 9mm in length and 4mm in width. The hook is through the perforation and would have to be puched backwards and upwards to unfasten the bracelet. No exact parallel could be found for this bracelet and although the method of fastening does occur on Roman examples, from Lankhills for example, the perforation is larger, more regular and more rectangular in shape than those seen on other Roman bracelets. Copper-alloy strip bracelets are believed to date from the 3rd-4th centuries.
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