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Description: | A copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a Thealby type dating from the 2nd century AD. The wings are tubular but the hinged pin is missing. Iron corrosion suggests that the axis bar may have been iron, and it is visible in the centre of the two end plates forming the ends of the wings. The wings are waisted with discoidal plates at each end. Part of an integral copper alloy head loop survives. The bow juts out almost at a right-angle from the head and then abruptly downwards, but this bend is probably partly unintentional caused by post depositional damage. The bow is sub-rectangular and undecorated. The catch plate also survives; it curves upwards along most of the length of the bow. There is a simple half round discoidal foot and collar. The brooch has a very smooth light green or turquoise patina. It has a length of 38.50mm, width 4.96mm, thickness 3.63mm, weight 7.27g. For reference see Hattatt 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches p. 333 fig. 192 no: 946.
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