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Description: | A Roman plate brooch moulded in the form of a human figure, standing with arms slightly bent at its sides and wearing a long flaring skirt-like garment. The surfaces are rather worn but there are indications of facial features, a belt or something horizontal at the waist and flaring lines on the skirt. There is a double pin lug with the remains of a copper alloy pin and incomplete catchplate on the reverse. The head is very much thicker (4.5mm) than the rest (1.5mm). The lower edge, i.e. the hem of the skirt, may be missing. The surviving length is 27mm and the width is 8mm. The closely spaced double pin lug appears to be Roman and the use of copper alloy for the pin precludes an Early Medieval date, but no parallel in the Roman period has been found. Donald Mackreth does not recognise the type.
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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