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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman developed T-shaped brooch dating to the late first to early second century AD. The head has two cylindrical wings, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. The axis bar is extant, the pin is missing. The wings are undecorated and there is an incomplete tab or loop at the head.The bow has a sub rectangular shaped cross section with a flat back. It projects at 90 degrees from the head. An undecorated section of the bow extends outwards briefly, before a straight section extends downwards abruptly. This section is decorated with a recessed rectangle filled with two complete and two half lozenges formed from a lattice of crossed raised lines. The bow thickens below the recessed rectangle where there is a horizontal ridge. The foot of the brooch and the remainder of the bow are lost beyond this point.It is now 30.4mm long, 21.65mm wide including the wing and 7.25 mm thick; it weighs 4.39 grams.T-shaped brooches are very variable in the decoration on their bows. Bayley and Butcher (2004:167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c75-150)
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