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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age / Roman penannular brooch. The hoop is complete and only part of the pin is present. The hoop is circular in plan and has a circular cross-section. The thickness of the hoop tapers towards the terminals. The terminals curl outwards and back on themselves, and have small globular/bi conical ends. These terminals both have 2 linear grooves around the circumference at the middle. One of the terminals has broken, but is present with the brooch. The break is worn although the pieces were found together. There is a band looped around the hoop which is where the pin would have been attached. The loop is made of a flat rectangular piece of copper alloy. it is decorated on the outside with a series of transverse grooves at either end, and 3 linear grooves that run along the length of the hoop in the middle. It has a green patina and is in a good condition. Brooches such as this are dated to the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue p339, although this brooch is quite large in size.40.01mm D x 6.97mm T (at thickest point) 2.84mm T (at terminals). Terminal length 15.80mm. Globular end of terminal 7.15mm D. 20.75g
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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