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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman initial 'T'-shaped brooch (AD 70-150). This brooch has tubular wings that enclose a copper-alloy axis bar and a fragment of a copper-alloy pin. The lower part of the bow and the catch-plate are missing. The front of the wings is convex (circular in profile) and the rear face has three lengthways facets. Decoration at the front of the wings consists of a pair of parallel vertical grooves at each outer end and a pair of parallel oblique grooves at the middle of each wing. The axis bar and part of the pin hinge are visible within the pin slot at the rear of the wings. The bow, sub-triangular in cross-section is flat at the rear and is evenly curved on the outside. On the underside of the bow, beneath the head, it is flat and projects outwards and upwards at an angle of about 5°. It then plunges and curves slightly at and angle of about 90°. At the top, the bow has a width of 7.6mm and at the break the width is 4.4mm. The sides of the upper part of the bow have a moulded flat 'lip' and there is a central vertical rib extending its full length. This brooch has a matt brown patina. In some areas where the patina is lost there are bright green copper-alloy corrosion products. The break on the bow is old and abraded. Length: 23.0mm; width: 33.2mm. Weight: 10.24g.
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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