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Description: | Romano British cast copper alloy brooch fragment 'T' shaped R-B Aesica type appears to be a headstud dating c40 to c100 AD. It consists of the head of the brooch which has very short wings with a swivelling chain loop on the back of the top of the bow. The bow is well arched, heavy and solid with vertical grooves reminiscent of the continental influence on Langton Down brooches. The staining on the grooves suggest that it was originally gilded. The loop has been integrally cast and probably served as both a decorative crest and a supension point. It may also have served as a tensioner for the spring, as can be seen on the brooch recorded as GLO-BC4AE4. The wings are semi-cylindrical comparitively short that would have contained a hinge pin which is now missing. The brooch has been cast in two pieces and the lower half is missing. There are no exact matchs that I have found on the database but the brooch shares similarities with BERK-1E0FE1, SOM-8BCBA3, LEIC-812916, NARC-0C7A14, LIN-C8DB93, and NMGW-48A3D3. The length is 24mm, width 20mm, thickness 16mm.
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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