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Description: | A copper-alloy Hod Hill type brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The head-plate is damaged, only one half of the rolled axis bar cylinder remaining. The pin is also missing and would have been attached at a central slot. The head plate is short, its lower sides angling sharply inwards. The upper part of the bow is of thin, triangular section. The narrowest point is at the top, from where the sides gradually flare towards the bottom. A narrower, 'waisted', moulding separates the upper bow from the lower, the latter of which is narrower still, its sides converging towards the base, where there is a moulded, sub-oval footplate. The catchplate, situated on the underside of the lower bow and foot, appears to be largely intact. The surfaces of the brooch show possible signs of a white-metal coating.Dimensions: 37.8mm long, up to 8.3mm wide (centre of bow). Weight: 2.21g.
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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