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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy small-long brooch. The head plate is trapezoidal in plan and undecorated. The reverse of the head plate has an integral vertical lug with a circular perforation situated at the centre of the lower edge of the head plate. The bow comprises a short, high-arched segment with a small decorative collar or band near the lower edge of the bow. There is a short narrowed section of the brooch which is integral to the terminal of the bow. This is the start of the brooch foot. On the reverse of this section there is an integral solid catchplate. Otherwise the majority of the foot is missing. The surface of the brooch has a well developed shiny brown patina. The brooch measures 42.14mm long and 23.59mm wide. The weight is 9.1g.The brooch is an Early Medieval small-long brooch which date to the 5th to 6th centuries (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished). This type of brooches were usually worn in pairs. A similar brooch is illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993 A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections B.A.R. 120), No. 15.25 from Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
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