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Description: | A copper-alloy fragment from a late Iron Age to Roman brooch. All that remains of the brooch is the foot and catchplate. This is enough to determine that the brooch was a fibula (or bow brooch), but unfortunately the absence of the head does not allow for any closer classification. A ridge runs down the front of the brooch which is similar to an example of a Birdlip brooch illustrated in Hattatt (1989, 21; 1451). However, other types of fibulae are also known to have a decorative ridge so this is not necessarily diagnostic. The catchplate is sub-triangular and the interior is grooved where the pin would have rested. The brooch is probably of 1st century AD date, though some bow brooches do run into the 2nd century and beyond.
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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