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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy Langton Down brooch with spring mechanism, incomplete, 1st century. Spring with five turns, chord held by loop at top of head, pin broken off. Wings open at the back and with circular plate at either end through which the axis bar holding the spring is rivetted. Undecoratd wings. Small pointed projection at the back of the chord loop at the top of the bow. The bow is decorated with a central knurled longitudinal ridge with two plain ridges to either side. The bow tapers only slightly (width at break 5.9mm); the lower part of the bow and foot are broken off; there is no trace of the catchplate on the reverse. Fine dark green patina with traces of tinning/silvering on the obverse and reverse. Length 33.43mm, width at wings 15.92mm, width at top of bow 7.87mm, thickness 14.14mm, weight 7.81g.
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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