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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman T-shape brooch. The brooch is incomplete, missing its pin, but is otherwise in good condition. The head features tubular wings constructed by bending the sheet. The wings would have obscured the axis bar around which the pin would have been looped. On the reverse, at the opposite end, is the catchplate which has survived very well. The bow is relatively flat and wide and is formed from two slightly overlapping triangular elements, the upper triangle towards the head is inverted and joins the other before its apex such that the bow constricts half way down its length before widening again at the foot. The element towards the head is decorated with an inverted triangle in relief with an inwards curve on its shortest side. Beyond this is a transverse ridge before a drop to the second triangular element at the foot end. This latter is completely flat and decorated with ring and dot: two rings at the foot and one towards the centre of the bow. This brooch has very close parallels which can be found illustrated respectively in Frere (1972, 131-132; ref. 14) and in Hattatt (2000, 302; ref. 920). These parallels are dated to the 1st/2nd centuries AD. Further, a similar find also made in Northamptonshire can be found on this database, ref. NARC-ED13B4.
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