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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, missing its pin and part of the axis bar, its enamel decoration and part of its chain loop. It is now in two parts (recent break). Weighs 9.03g.The wingspan is 28.35mm. The wings are tubular with a slot between for the pin. The axis bar survives inside the wings, corroded into place and visible at the ends.The bow projects fom the top of the wings (9.01mm wide), below a wide inverted V-shaped rib and curving outwards slightly (although the bow is now squashed almost flat). The broken chain loop extends upwards on the other side of the rib. The upper bow (31.19mm in length) is triangular in cross-section, being flat to the reverse and with concave edges (min. width 7.10mm), expanding at the head and at the centre of the bow.The centre of the brooch is lozenge shaped and 14.08mm wide. At its centre is a smaller lozenge with a short rib joining its outside edges to the angles of the larger lozenge. This creates five cells for enamel decoration, none of which survives. The break has ocurred just below this lozenge.The lower bow is relatively straight, triangular in section and with the catchplate extending behind. Below the central lozenge are two triangular mouldings on either side (bow 7.70mm wide here). Incised lines also appear to flank the central arris and each long edge. The lower bow narrows over 26.78mm to 3.13mm. The foot below is 4.96mm wide and comprises a pair of horizontal ribs.The brooch is c.61mm in complete length.This brooch type has a south-western spread and dates from the second half of the first century to the first half of the second century.
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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