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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy Knee brooch dating to the late second or early third century AD. The head is a flat, semi-circular, undecorated plate. On the reverse, there are two semi-circular perforated lugs holding an axis bar and fragment of the sprung pin. The pin is missing. The bow is arched, hollow and approximately rectangular in section; it expands to a flat, triangular foot which is marginally grooved. The catchplate extends the full length of the foot and is trapezoidal in shape. The brooch measures 43mm in length; the head has a width of 20mm and the foot has a width of 14mm. The brooch weighs 7.6g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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