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Description: | Roman incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably dating to the mid 1st to mid 2nd century. It is highly worn and corroded obscuring most of the design. The head has two cylindrical wings to hold the copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin which would have moved in the slot on the underside of the head, only part of this hinge remains. The wings are short but may originally have been longer. It is not clear it there was a loop projecting from the top of the head or not.The bow is oval in section and highly arched but this is in part because the broken lower end appears to have been bent inwards. The upper part of the bow is badly pitted with corrosion but appears plain, there may be steps at the junction between the top of the bow and the wings but this is unclear. There are seven or eight regularly spaced transverse indented lines across the lower part. The foot is lost to an old break with just the start of the catchplate visible on the reverse before the break.It is now 19.5mm long, 13.2mm wide including the wing and 13.3mm thick; it weighs 4.00 grams.
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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