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Description: | A Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down Type dating to the mid 1st century AD (25-60 AD). The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only with a surviving length of 19.5mm and a weight of 3.11 grams. The foot, catchplate, spring and pin are missing from old breaks. Of the head only part of the cylindrical cover which held the spring survives. This cover is open ended and formed of a flat sheet which would have been pinched closed. The brooch has a remaining width at the head of 17.5mm. The bow rises perpendicular from the head and then bends immediately by 90 degrees to form the bow which is itself slightly curved. The bow has a width of 12.3mm at the head, narrowing to 6.9mm at the break and is flat with a thickness of 1.8mm. The front of the bow is decorated with three vertical ribs running down the lengh; the outer two follow the edges of the bow and the central rib is more prominent. The rear of the bow is plain.
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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