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Description: | A copper alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch with side lugs (1st Century AD). The brooch has a rolled head that encloses the iron axis bar with a slot for the pin. There are traces of iron corrosion around the rolled head but the pin is missing. The bow is decorated with three horizontal raised ribs on either side of a flat circular section. This flat circular section is decorated with a single large ring and dot and has a side lug projecting from each side. There are traces of iron present on both the front and the reverse of the circular section. At the foot there is a collared rounded projection. The catchplate extends right up to the curved bow. Only a small section of the curved pin rest is still present. Rough pale green patina with some traces of a white metal coating. Dimensions: length: 48.72mm; width: 19.08mm; thickness: 13.56mm; weight: 7.09g. Hattatt, R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books, Oxford. Figs 180-181 pgs 321-322.
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