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Description: | An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Colchester-derivitive brooch, missing the upper bow, wings and pin mechanism. The curl of the catchplate is also missing. It measures 54.28mm in incomplete length and weighs 8.4g.The bow (max.10.39mm wide) appears to be divided into three sections, the upper two of which are slightly hollowed to the reverse and curved to the front. The bottom section is D-shaped in section and flat to the reverse. The middle section has two vertical central ribs decorated with tiny transverse grooves. At either end of this section is a slight waist with a horizontal rib beyond, again decorated with tiny transverse and slightly diagonal grooves.The foot projects forwards in a semi-circular shape while the catchplate extends to the rear of the bottom half of the lowest section. The break on the upper bow is old.The brooch appears to most closely conform to the large T-shaped plate-headed type. Plate-headed T-shaped brooches are a south-western variety of the T-shape brooches. Dating evidence is scarce, but points to a 2nd century date (Bayley and Butcher 2004, pp. 166).Cf. SOMDOR-B74D07 (Stringston, Somerset) and NMGW-18FDB3 (Grittleton, Wiltshire) on this database.
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