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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with heavily abraded terminals, therefore it is not known whether there were any wing caps. The wings are decorated with a pair of obliquely angled linear grooves. The axis bar, pin and spring or hinge are all missing. The bow head is slightly angular hump-like in profile, with the underside forming an inverted 'L' shape. The bow head and bow is possibly undecorated, it is heavily abraded so this is not certain. The bow is sub semi-circular in section and is broken just below the bow head. The break is not too recent. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete dark brown coloured patina. The brooch is in a poor condition, and is fragmentary. The brooch measures 22.31mm across the wings and 12.68mm long. It weighs 2.6g.The brooch is a Roman brooch, a Colchester derivative. Whether it is a T-shaped brooch for a Polden Hill type is uncertain due to its condition, but it dates to the 1st to 2nd centuries.
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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