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Description: | Incomplete, abnormal and robust Romano-British copper alloy brooch, probably an Aesica, all of head, corners of the fantail foot and part of the catchplate missing. Instead of a bow there is a large hollow-backed quatrefoil boss with a central blind hole. On the reverse at the top a D-section stub shows no sign of an expansion to the head. The fantail foot is decorated with three ring-and-dots amidst curving engraved lines. Length 36mm. Width of boss 21mm. Thickness of boss 7.5mm. Width of foot >30mm. Present weight 21.9g. Mid 1st century. | 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: | 40
65 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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