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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy rosette/thistle type brooch of probable mid 1st century date.The head consists of a heavily damaged, horizontally aligned cylinder which would originally have contained the spring mechanism. The bow and head have been cast together, the former element consisting of a wide hump which is of thin section, with three longitudinal grooves and interspersing ridges decorating its upper surface. At the base of the bow is a flattened tab which adjoins a damaged sub-oval plate. The foot is missing.The brooch is heavily corroded. It measures 28mm long, 22.2mm wide and 10.6mm deep. The weight is 5.83g.
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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