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Description: | Tinned copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch, half of head missing, surviving side contains iron pin bar. Bent flat-sectioned bow with multiple downward pointing chevrons bisected by a vertical median line, inlaid with niello, framed by two transverse mouldings both with knurled central transverse rib between a two narrower flutes and narrow ribs. Triangular foot is decorated with twin vertical median lines of small nicks, collared foot. Triangular catch-plate on reverse with circular perforation. Length (bent) >54mm. Estimated head width 20mm. c.43-c.70 AD.
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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