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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled T-shaped brooch of Roman date (AD 70 - AD 150). Length: 46.2mm; width: 30.7mm; weight: 12.42g. The wings are sub-cylindrical and contain an iron axis bar that secured the pin. At the rear the wings have two horizontal facets. At the rear of one of the wings there is a piece missing at the end. There is a slot, 3.1mm in width, to accommodate the pin but only a tiny portion of the pin has survived. The head of the bow projects outwards at an angle of about 90° and the bow is vertical. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The head of the bow (the horizontal part) is decorated with a herring-bone design. Below this, at the top of the bow, there is a small triangular cell filled with red enamel and below this there is a deep circular cell now empty but probably contained enamel. Between this circular cell and the foot of the brooch there is a centrally situated median band decorated with oblique lines/grooves. The catch-plate is centrally placed and is trapezoidal in plan.The brooch generally has a mid-green patina.
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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