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Description: | Incomplete and bent Roman copper alloy Strip-bow brooch, with a damaged catchplate and missing its pin. Its bent length is 26.02mm but it wouild have originally been c.60mm in length. It weighs 1.95g.The wingspan (the wings are also bent) would have been c.12mm. It is now 10.06mm wide. The wings curl backwards to hold the axis bar.The bow, which drops straight down, is decorated with a wide shallow groove resulting in a central wide, flat rib, running for about half the length of the bow.The catchplate is mostly missing and only c.8mm in height.Almost all original patina is missing.1st 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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