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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman brooch. Bow-and-fantail brooch dating from the mid 1st to mid second century AD. The head of the brooch is cylindrical and contains an internal axis bar. The damaged remnant of a copper-alloy wire pin enamates from a slot at the centre of the underside of the head. The display side of the head has three decorative grooves (one horizontal and two vertical) and has a circular British-style chain loop at the top. The bow has two indented vertical grooves and the foot is triangular and has a raised swirling pattern. The catchplate is intact but slightly bent. The brooch measures 37.2mm high by 15.8mm wide at the foot. It weighs 8.33g. | 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: | 50
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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