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Description: | Fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy Initial T-Shaped brooch dating to AD 60-100. All that remains is one cylindrical wing and part of the head of the brooch as well as the axis bar, which would have formed a hinge for the pin, and is still present within the wing. The wing is slightly widened on the front with a indent between the flat front and tubular back. There are two horizontal parallel decorative lines at the remaining juncture where the wing meets the head and part of at least two raised ribs running down the length of the bow in the centre. The brooch is now 12.6mm long from the top of the wing to the break on the bow of the brooch and the remaining width is 18.1mm and the body is 4.8mm thick. The brooch now weighs 3.62g.Bayley and Butcher (2004, 159) suggest that 'Initial T-shaped brooches' were 'usually hinged, not enamelled but sometimes with fine relief decoration and lacking a head loop' and dated to the Flavian period (AD 69-96) or earlier.
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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