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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 48.6mm, a depth of 14.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The spring remains in place, wound around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the missing chord was tensioned through a lug or crest at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are circular and elliptical and are angled inwards (with a wing width of 21.5mm). The wings are decorated with vertical grooves. The sub-triangular crest at the head is prominent (4.9mm high, 8mm wide and 1.7mm thick). The bow projects outwards at the head and is of rectangular section (6.3mm wide and 5mm thick). The upper bow is of oval section, with straight sides that gradually converge to the simple, pointed foot. The sides of the bow do not appear to have been serrated. The front of the upper bow has a raised rectangular decorative panel. The sides of the panel have been delicately punched and at the centre is a raised column of joined lozenges, flanked by recessed triangular cells, which may have held enamel. The leg has a recessed border with no applied decoration surviving. The catch-plate is as wide as the leg and thins to the catch. The surface has a dark brown patina, where it survives.The brooch is difficult to closely parallel, it shares attributes with T-shaped brooches of Sawfish and allied types but is without the serrated bow and the usual foot knob.
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