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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy P-shaped, or possibly crossbow, Roman brooch with solid catch-plate. The foot, leg and lower part of the bow are all that remains. The bow is moulded with a lengthwise groove running down the centre which is flanked on either side by a raised rib. There is a small transverse flange at the base of the bow which is set between two moulded transverse grooves. This forms the juncture between the bow and leg. The leg has two facets with a central ridge and the foot takes the form of a raised transverse ridge. The catch plate, which is damaged, and corresponding groove for receiving the pin, do not run the full length of the leg but terminate just above the foot giving it the appearance of being stepped.
The brooch has a mid green-brown mottled patina with small patches of pitted damage where loss of the outer surface has occurred. It is very likely that this brooch was tinned, silvered or even gilded but no traces of this remain. The brooch survives at a length of 31.91mm.
Brooches of this type typically date from the early third century AD to later fourth century AD.
Potential parallels for this brooch are given in Richard Hattatt?s ?Iron Age and Roman Brooches?, figs.54-55, see No.492 for example. | 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: | 200
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Charlotte Burrill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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