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Description: | A cast, copper alloy Roman knee brooch of the semicircular head type, dating from the period AD 150 to 220. The brooch is plain, without decoration on either the bow or the head. A small section on one side of the head has broken away in antiquity and is missing. It has a semi circular head plate concealing two lugs supporting an iron axis bar and a copper alloy sprung pin. The body of the brooch is humped and then tapers to the foot. It is hollow behind. There is a concave area on the top of the bow immediately before the head plate. Part of the catchplate survives. The brooch has a dark green patina. It is 32.1mm long, 13.8mm wide and 15.3mm thick. It weighs 3.76g. See Hattat's Visual Catalogue, Fig. 193, No. 1664 for a parallel. The brooch is characteristic of Butcher and Bayley's Type 171 with its semi-circular head concealing two lugs holding the spring in place (Butcher and Bayley 2004, p. 180). Type 171 occurs on both military and civilian sites in Britain.
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