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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch, which is possibly a T-shaped type. The brooch is incomplete. The wings are cylindircal, and has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged on the the axis bar within the wings. The pin is missing. The bow head is sub-rectangular in section. The bow does not have a smooth curve, instead it projects at a ninety degree angle. The bowhead continues to the bow and tapers to a broken edge below the appoximate midpoint. The break is not recent as the patina covers it. The lower portion of the bow is undecorated.It measures 18.65mm long, 14.2mm wide, 4.35mm thick and it weighs 3.1grams.T-shaped brooches can be highly decorated with cells and enamel, others are less decorated. T-shaped brooches appear to be manufactured in the West Country (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 159) and are found in contexts date to c. 55 to 90
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