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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch (AD 43 - AD 200). Length 20.5mm, width of incomplete wings 16.0mm and maximum thickness of bow 1.8mm. Weight 3.39g. At the head of the brooch are the stubs of an integral chain loop. One of the two wings, part of the pin, the chain-loop and the foot are missing. The breaks are old. The tip of the surviving wing is corroded. However, despite this corrosion a single incised groove is barely visible at the front but it is not possible to determine whether the groove carried on round to the rear. At the centre of the wings, just to the rear of the position of the chain-loop, there is a slot to accommodate the hinged copper alloy pin. The surviving part of the pin, which tapers slightly, is 18.0mm in length and is circular in cross-section. The pin is secured by an iron axis bar which can clearly be seen at the old break on the missing wing. In side profile, the upper bow turns down at a sharp angle and the lower part has slight curvature. The bow is 9.2mm in width at the top and 7.2mm wide at the bottom. The lower part of the bow has a moulded decorative panel containing ten cells forming a roughly symmetrical design. The design is composed of two lozenge-shaped cells at the centre surrounded by eight triangular cells; one at the top, one below and three at each side. Each cell would have probably been filled with enamel. However, none has survived on this example. Adjoining the bottom of the bow is a small zone where the surface has been lost due to corrosion. This part of the brooch may have been decorated with a moulded acanthus motif. The rear face of the bow is flat. Although parts of this brooch are corroded, the surfaces mainly have a mid-green patina and the pin is relatively smooth and shiny. | 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
200 | 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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