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Description: | Late Iron Age / Roman cast copper alloy Nertomarus Langton Down varient brooch, incomplete. The pin is missing; part of the spring survives within the cylindrial sheet wings. The ends and back of the wings are damaged. There is a fine groove across the top of the wings. At the top of the bow are three trapezoidal panels decorated with circlular depressions of varying sizes, with a transverse beaded line below. The triangular sectioned bow is undecorated except for a narrow central longitudinal ridge, and a narrow ridge down either side of the bow. The lower bow is broken off. There is no trace of the catchplate. Mid blue-green patina. Length (incomplete) 23.4mm, width across wings 20.4mm, width across top of head 10.8mm, max thickness (across head) 7.2mm, weight 4.61g.
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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