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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy bow-and-fantail brooch, incomplete, mid 1st-mid 2nd century. The hinged pin is broken off; it was held within the closed sub-circular cylindrical wings. The wings are undecorated except for a transverse groove around the obverse of each ends. There is a lump at the top of the bow which may be the remains of a loop. Expanded sub-circular area (roundel) at the centre of the curved bow, with a slightly raised circular boss at the centre; below this the bow expands forming a triangular foot with a transverse ridge running along the base. The catchplate is damaged but extended to the base of the roundel. Dark brown patina. Some tinning/silvering on both the obverse and reverse. Length 42.70mm, width of wings 19.51mm, width across central disc 12.13mm, width across foot 15.09mm, thickness c.13mm, weight 12.95g.
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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