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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Hod Hill type. Missing most of head; very corroded and abraded; very bent at head. The upper bow is narrow with a strong centre rib and expands to the hinge; it also expands at mid bow (with traces of a transverse moulding) into a flat lower half tapering to a point (perhaps missing a foot knob). No surface survives on this lower area. Surviving length 33mm. Probably Riha 1979 Typ 5.12 eg no.1026
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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