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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch with spring mechanism, missing its lower bow and catchplate. It is 33.3mm long (length of pin) and weighs 10.1g.The wingspan is 28.1mm and houses twelve coils to its reverse. The chord passes through a double-pierced forward facing hook. To the front of the wings, which are C-shaped in section, is a single vertical groove flanking each open end.The bow is oval in section at the break (4.2x3.4mm). It is 5.6x8.7mm where it extends from the wings. It is decorated by a single rib flanked on either side by a groove, extending from the forward facing hook.The pin is bent and incomplete.The metal has a silvery tinge, either from tinning or from a high tin content in the bronze.Late 1st century.
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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