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Description: | A copper alloy Roman brooch, a knee type variant dating from the second century AD. The brooch has a rectangular head plate which hides a sprung pin of six turns, with a flat panel at each end containing a hole through which the axis bar copper alloy axis bar fits. The pin is broken and missing. There is a fixed head loop above. The bow juts forwards and than expands into a vertical square flat panel which is decorated with enamel. There is a semicircle of blue on each side, the apexes not meeting in the middle, with red enamel in the space between them. Below, the bow of the brooch is bevelled, making it triangular in section, and it curves backwards before jutting out at the foot. Part of the catchplate survives. The brooch is similar to number 1660 on page 335 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue. It has a dark green patina.
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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