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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch. The brooch has a fully enclosed spring with the pin originally emerging from the centre of the head. The iron staining at the centrepoint and at one end of the spring cover suggest that the spring was originally iron. At either end of the spring cover there is single groove that is moulded around its upper surface. This decoration is repeated with a pair of grooves half way along each of the spring cover arms.The bow rises from the centre of the head and tapers in a shallow arch to a blunt point at the catchplate end. The bow is decorated along either side of its length with a fine moulded flange. It also has a centreline groove along its length. The catchplate on the underside of the tail end of the bow is broken and only a small part of the web remains. Similar brooches are illustrated in Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches (2007) p302-304 which date from the 1st to the 2nd century AD.
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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