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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of Roman (late 1st to mid 2nd century) date.The horizontally aligned wings are narrow and plain. A longitudinal groove on the underside would originally have held the now-missing axis bar, while a vertical slit at the centre marks the point at which the pin would have been attached. The hump at the top of the bow forms a right-angle with the back of the head. The bow is circular in section, decreasing in diameter towards the bottom. The lower part of the bow is missing.The brooch is heavily corroded. It measures 13.4mm long, 20mm wide and 9mm deep. The weight is 2.09g.
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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