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Description: | Incomplete and small copper alloy enamelled Roman knee brooch, missing its spring mechanism and pin, and lower bow and catchplate. Its incomplete length is 29.99mm and it weighs 3.35g.The wings are semi-circular in section and span 11.93mm. A D-shaped loop projects above. To the reverse is a square area, set slightly into the wings and with the stubs of two broken lugs (which would have held the axis bar for the spring). The spring would have been short.The bow is a rounded-triangle in section and 8.91mm wide where it extends below the wings. It curves outwards and forwards quite prominently before curving and narrowing to the break (3.83mm wide) at the top of the catchplate, just where the lower bow would extend more-or-less vertically.The bow is decorated either side of the central arris with four cells filled with red enamel. The top and bottom of these is triangular in shape, the middle two D-shaped, the curves facing outwards.2nd century in date.
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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