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Description: | A worn and incomplete copper-alloy Roman Rosette variant brooch. It is missing the spring, pin, applique front and foot due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form with two vertical flutes separated by vertical grooves on their front faces. The bow is flat, circular in form and tapers at its base towards the now missing foot. The front face of the bow appears undecorated and there is no trace of any applied decoration, in contrast the back face of the bow has traces of an added white metal coating. The entire object measures 41.29mm in length, 30.69mm in width at bow, and weighs 18.08g. This is probably an incomplete Roman Rosette brooch variant, similar to examples published by Hattatt (1989: nos. 284-285) and from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 57) but with differing spring casing and lacking many of the decorative motifs. This suggests a 1st century, c.25-65 AD, date for the current example.
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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