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Description: | Roman T-shaped cast copper alloy brooch. The incomplete brooch is 23.5mm long and is comprised of a headplate and bow which has a worn break across the base. The head is comprised of tubular wings measuring 27.24mm across, with a hinged pin at the centre. The narrow wings are worn, with a trace of moulded decoration on the front right wing, while the reverse of the wings have two parallel horizontal grooves. The copper alloy hinged pin freely rotates and is broken 7mm along its length. The bow is D shaped in profile with a concave reverse giving the brooch a maximum thickness of 13.51mm. The front of the has moulded decoration comprised of a horizontal bar with two vertical curved lines below to make the apex of the bow more pronounced. The brooch has a patchy dull dark and light green patina with slight pitting on the surface of the bow, while the reverse of the bow is dull brown. This type of brooch dates from the late 1st century AD through to the middle of the 2nd century AD. | 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: | 75
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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