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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragmnent, probably a disc type with domed centre. Only the centre and a small area towards the edge, including the hinge lugs, survives; all very corroded and abraded. The pin was hinged on two close set lugs. The centre is an ovate shape in outline, divided into three by a curving V-shape. If viewed with the V upside down (putting the pin lugs to the left) this gives a symetrical shape to each side, containing a punched dot, and a centre triangular shape - overall this is reminiscent of an animal face such as the lion head studs, but is so corroded as to be uncertain. The outer area has unclear concentric ?grooves. The back is a smooth hollow. Surviving length 30mm, disc height 11mm. No parallels identified although broadly similar in shape and pin attachment to various disc type brooches (eg enamelled "umbonate" )and likely to be Roman in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
409 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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