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Description: | Cast copper alloy brooch of early Roman date.The brooch is fragmentary and very worn and corroded, making identification of its specific type difficult, particularly given the lack of the bow or foot. Despite the corrosion and wear, it was never an elaborate brooch and was probably a simple version for its type. It is likely to be T-shaped or a fantail brooch, but perhaps also of the Polden Hill variety or even a simple trumpet-headed brooch.The head is 16.07mm wide with small knobs on the end of each arm. The top of the hinge-pin is still attached to the head of the brooch, with approximately one-third to one-half of the pin remaining down to the mid-shaft.It seems unlikely that there was any loop attached to the head of the brooch, but this could be obscured by corrosion and wear. It should be noted that even the break in the bow is very abraded, so that it is smooth and bears no indication of a break.
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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