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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of uncertain type, probably dating to the first to second centuries AD. The spring mechanism, possible brooch crossbar and the end of the brooch including the catchplate are missing due to old breaks. However, the remains do contain a portion of the deep, possibly C-shaped or cylindrical socket for the spring, from which the thick neck protrudes at a 90-degree angle and continues in a sub-rectangular thin strip to the top of the catchplate, where it ends in an old break. The entire length of the brooch body has been incised with two vertical parallel lines which have been inlaid with enamel. The fragment measures 26.1 mm long, 3.8 mm wide, 9.4 mm thick at head, and weighs 1.9 grams.Similar decoration in the form of grooves is common to T-shaped and Hod Hill style brooches dating from the first to second centuries AD; however a similar example has not been found to account for the shape of the spring mechanism and the enamel inlay.
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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