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Description: | Roman copper alloy crossbow brooch terminal, 35mm long and 10mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 2.11 grams. The terminal is 10mm in diameter and C 13mm high, it is hexagonal in form and tapers to a point. It sits on a slightly recessed base, 3mm thick which may have raised vertical bands around it. The shaft emerges from the centre of this and its top 5mm is twisted forming a screw thread. The object has very small patches of gold around the base of the terminal and in form it matches closley Fig 333 in Bayley and Butcher, Roman brooches in Britain.
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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