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Description: | An unusual copper-alloy plate brooch of probable 2nd century AD date.
The main part of the plate is flat, and roughly rectangular in shape. At the centre of both the top and bottom edges there is a protruding lug. The two vertical sides are also not straight but, instead, have a toothed or scalloped appearance (now damaged). The pin attachment is located on the reverse of the uppermost lug and consists of two rounded plates, separated by a gap, and set at right angles to the back of the brooch. The axis bar is still in place, but the pin is missing. The catchplate is on the reverse of the bottom lug and is closed in form with a folded upper edge. The surfaces of the brooch are heavily corroded and have traces of a degraded black tinning or silvering.
The brooch measures 28.5mm high by 22.5mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It weighs 2.13g. | 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: | 100
200 | 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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