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Description: | A copper alloy fragment of a Roman Aesica brooch. Only the upper part of the brooch, the bow and the head, survive. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape, with circular end caps and would have held a sprung pin mechanism. In the centre of the head is a central crest decorated with three small transverse ridges. The would probably have originally extended to form a hook, but this is now missing. The bow is trapezoidal in shape, flaring outwards slightly towards the centre of the brooch. The bow shows possible signs of decoration, but is very corroded. There is evidence of recessed cells, but the shape of these is very difficult to make out. They date to the mid 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004, p.151).Length: 21.97mm, Width: 19.76mm, Thickness: 8.49, weight: 4.67g
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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