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Description: | An almost complete cast copper alloy and enamelled Roman 'T'-shaped brooch (AD 75 - AD 150). Length: 40.8mm; overall width: 28.1mm; weight: 10.21g.About half of the hinged pin and a small portion of the catch-plate are missing.The tubular wings have an overall width of 28.1mm and have been folded to accommodate a copper alloy axis bar. An abutting seam is visible throughout the length of the wings at the rear. There is a characteristic decorative incised groove close to the end of the wings at the front (it does not extend around to the rear).The bow is mildly arched in side profile and tapers evenly from the head towards the foot. At the head, the width of the bow is 9.1mm and at the foot the width is 2.3mm. There is a small rebate at the side of the bow throughout its length. At the front, the bow is largely convex and the rear face of the bow is also slightly convex. The upper part of the bow at the front is bulbous and has three recesses for decorative material, one below the other. The upper recess contains dark blue enamel and the other two recesses are empty. Immediately below the lower recess, a median rib extends to the foot. At the top, the rib is pointed and it flares evenly downwards to occupy the full width of the foot. Throughout its length, the rib is decorated with small horizontal punched grooves. The extreme end of the foot projects forward slightly and is also decorated with similar grooves. The catch-plate is almost complete. However, a small portion of the curled-over part that retained the pin is missing. The freely moving hinged copper alloy pin is flat and rectangular in cross-section and its terminal end (the point) is missing.This brooch has an olive-green coloured patina although there are small areas of active corrosion. The breaks are old.T-shaped brooches with rectangular recesses on the front of the bow have been recorded from Wenvoe Parish, Vale of Glamorgan and Heighington Parish, Lincolnshire. See Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: NMGW-F98427 and LIN-0D7584.
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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