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Description: | A cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 33.6mm by 14.9mm by 2.5mm and weighs 4.1g. The short undecorated cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the missing hinged pin. On top of the bow there is the stub of a missing loop. The bow projects forwards and changes angle after c. 5mm. The rest of the bow has a very slight curve and tapers gradiually to the point where it has broken. There is no trace of the catchplate. The upper part of the bow is decorated with a grid of raised lozenges. The brooch is similar to no. 387 in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 303, fig. 162). However, this example (which is unprovenanced) has broader wings and a rounded knop in the centre of the bow which the Ilchester brooch does not have.
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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