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Description: | Incomplete copper-alloy Romano-British/Early Anglo-Saxon Supporting-arm brooch (Stützarmfibel). One lug survives at the end of one wing; most of the iron spring, lower bow and footplate are missing. A central lug is pierced for the iron axis bar. Moulded transverse grooves decorate the front of the wings, and a pair of transversely engraved lines mark the top of the bow. There is no detail on the remainder of the bow, which survives as a rather abraded stub.It is similar to Böhme's (1974) Typ Mahndorf, but clearly of a different type because of the central lug, which is only found on his rather elaborately decorated Niedersächsischer Typ and Gallischer Typ (ibid. Abb. 2). A very similar example was found in Grave 987 at Mucking (Evison 1981, fig. 4). This, which has grooved decoration on the bow, was described by Evison (1977, 128 and 137-8) as "with trapezoid foot and three lugs", and not assigned to one of Böhme's types. Wingspan (estimated) 27.5mm. Early 5th century.
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