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Description: | a copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Hod Hill type. It has been bent over so that the head touches the catchplate. The head terminal is incomplete and the axis bar and pin are missing. There is longitudinal moulding on the bow, and transverse moulding below this, at the junction with the leg. There are side-knobs also with moulding. The leg is plain and triangular, with the foot missing. There are traces of white metal coating on the leg. The brooch measures 21.78mm in (unfolded) length and is 12.21mm wide at the head, and 16.33mm wide across the side-knobs. It weighs 3.74g. Brooches of Hod Hill type date to the mid first century AD. An example of similar shape and decoration is illustrated from Roman Colchester (Crummy 1983)
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