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Description: | Cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch, length 44mm, width 28mm, thickness 28mm, weight 29.04g. The wings are hollow tubes which hold that spring support bar, at the back of the wings in the centre there is a slot for the pin, only the top of the iron pin remains. The forward section of the wings are squared with remains of blue and red enamel. Running down the head and leg has a line of diamond recesses which contain blue enamel running down the centre, with triangles recesses in between which contain red enamel. The foot is bulbous with a flat base which has a ring an dot decoration. Catch plate on the reverse of the leg with two holes, one of the holes has a copper alloy rivet still in place. The overall condition is poor, most of the surface has been badly effected by corrosion resulting in a heavily pitted surface. This artefact dates to the second 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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