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Description: | a copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Langton Down type. It has a cylindrical spring cover, partly un-curled in the centre and exposing four coils of the spring within. Both ends of the spring case are incomplete. The case is decorated on the front with double incised lines along the top. The bow is flat-backed, and the front is decorated with reeding, consisting of several ribs with central grooves. The catchplate is missing, as is the pin. The brooch fragment measures 33.62mm in length and is 23mm wide across the spring case. It weighs 8.87g. Langton Down brooches date to the first centruy AD. Similar examples from Hacheston are illustrated in Blagg et al, 2004, nos 36 and 37.
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