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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy two-piece brooch of Roman date. The brooch is incomplete and the bow is broken. The bow of the brooch has a curved (comma shaped) profile, and has a D shaped cross section. It is 17.8mm long, 11.2mm wide and 8.8mm thick. The body of the brooch tapers from a rounded head to where it has been broken, approximately ¼ along its length. The rounded head of the brooch is partially hollow with a sub oval depression in the rear. There is no evidence for wings on either side of the body. This might be due to the very abraded nature of the brooch. The brooch weighs 3.15 grams. The spring mechanism, pin, catch plate and foot of the brooch are not present. There is little or no decoration visible on this brooch. Any decoration once present has been eroded by a combination of corrosion and abrasion. The brooch is a light green colour with an uneven very abraded patina which covers all the surfaces of the body and also the wings. The bow, as mentioned above, has broken approximately ¼ along its length. The break is old being covered by the same patination described above. The brooch has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil so much of the original surface has been lost. Also there are many patches new light green powdery corrosion present which has eaten into the surface of the brooch leaving some areas heavily pitted.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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