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Description: | A copper-alloy Hod Hill type brooch of Roman (early to mid 1st century) date.The head plate has a horizontal top side, which represents part of the damaged axis bar encasement. At the centre of the head is a vertical slit, at which point the now-missing pin would have been attached. The head tapers into the flattened bow. This has a parallel-sided portion at the top, where there is a moulded panel of transverse grooves and ridges. Below this the sides flare towards two right-angled projecting knobs, the surface of this portion decorated with four vertical ridges. The foot is much narrower and is decorated by two transverse ridges with interspersing grooves. On the underside of the foot is a remnant of the catchplate. The surfaces of the brooch exhibit traces of a white-metal coating. The object measures 32.5mm long, up to 17.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick. The weight is 2.4g.
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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