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Description: | Roman complete cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch dating to the late first to early second century AD. The head has two cylindrical wings to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin, the pin survives but has been bent. There is a white material in the perforation for the axis bar on the two wings. The wings are undecorated. There is an complete loop at the head of the brooch which has been bent backwards slightly. There is a vestigial plate just below the loop.The bow has a sub-rectangular cross section and is flat at the back. There is a partial vertical ridge running along the bow which is 5.5mm in length. The bow tapers towards the foot, there is a break just above the foot, the bow has also been bent slightly outwards before this point. There is a small horizontal ridge at the bottom of the foot. On the reverse is a complete catchplate.The brooch is 62.3mm in length, 18.2mm wide, 19.4 mm thick and weighs 7.81 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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