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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Knee brooch dating to the late second to early third century AD. The head is a flat, semi-circular, undecorated plate. On the reverse, there are two semi-circular perforated lugs which holds the axis-bar, spring mechanism and pin in place. The pin is intact.The bow is arched, faceted, D-shaped and hollow in section. It is broken in the area from which the foot would have originally extended. The brooch measures 29mm in length. The head plate has a width of 22mm; the bow a width of 10mm. The brooch fragment weighs 6.1g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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