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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy openwork Roman brooch, a square-on-its-points in shape with concave edges and a D-shaped knop on each point. It is missing the shank of its pin. The brooch measures 35x35mm. It is flat on the reverse but slightly concave. The opposite side is rounded and the edges of the square are 4mm wide and 4mm thick (the openwork area between with concave sides is max.15x15mm and min.8x8mm). The knops are 8mm wide and 6mm tall, flanked by a 1mm wide rib where two arms join. The patina is dark green, smooth and shiny except for one knop and arm of the brooch which are heavily pitted and appear to be losing their patina. The metal here is bright green. The reverse of the brooch has two squarish lugs with an iron axis bar still intact, holding the head of the pin, now concreted into place with iron corrosion. The catchplate is complete and chunky (1.5mm thick) and curls right around in a C-shape. It is 6mm wide where it joins the brooch, and 4mm wide where it ends. This robustness is reminiscent of some knee brooches and even the crossbow brooch. There is no Hattatt parallel for this brooch, but the pin mechanism at the rear makes it undoubtedly Roman, and probably lateish Roman based on the catchplate (3rd/ 4th century). Weighs 13.03g. | 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: | 201
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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