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Description: | Cast copper alloy plate brooch dating to the Roman period, (AD43-410). The object is sub triangular in plan and flat. The object is in the form of an insect with a rounded head at the foot of the brooch and wings at the top of the brooch. The winged end is rounded at each edge with two smaller rounded projections in the centre between the larger projections. Three grooves run the length of the object defining the wings. The object is a hinged example and the hinge and top of the pin remains attached. The catchplate is incomplete. The object has a mid-green corroded patina.Similar examples can be found on p130, plate 127, Mackreth, (2011). The object can be dated from AD100-200.
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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