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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy brooch foot of probable Roman, first century date (AD 43 - AD 100). Length 30mm, width 9mm and 1.8mm thick. Weight 3.59g.
In plan the flat foot plate has parallel sides with a rounded bottom. The edges along the sides are corroded. A break has occurred just above the upper part of the catch-plate and this break is old. The catch-plate is incomplete and breaks across three circular perforations are also old. The two upper perforations would have been about 3mm in diameter when complete and the lower perforation was about 2.5mm in diameter when complete.
The piece is in poor condition due to corrosion although an area of mid-green patina has survived on the reverse, near the catch-plate. The front face has the remains of silvered decoration. However, due to corrosion, it is difficult to determine the form of this decoration. | 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
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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