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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of P-shape type with a sheath-foot, dating from the second to third centuries AD. The brooch seems to be complete, save for the hinge-pin, now missing. The brooch consists of a cylindrical head with intact axial cross-bar pin and a notch at the centre of the head to accommodate the hinge mechanism; there is a small symmetrically-positioned additional lug flanking the brooch neck at other side directly below the cylindrical head and then a highly arched brooch body, which is triangular in cross-section and P-shaped in profile. The arched portion of the body ends with two triangular incised collars positioned with a small amount of undecorated space between them. A large sub-cylindrical sheath foot angles outwards from the P-shaped body, with light double facetting on the outer face and a smooth curved reverse surface. There is an elongated wedge-shaped notch on one side of the sheath foot, which would have accommodated the missing pin-end. The colour of the brooch is an overall even greenish-grey colour, perhaps suggesting a higher tin content to the metal.Finds Specialist Justine Bayley has noted that 'there is a similar example in Bayley and Butcher (2007, no. 268) which has a different head (a pin sprung from a single lug rather than hinged as in this example) but is identical from the upper bow downwards'. As such, it seems to be of similar type, date and function to that illustrated in the aforementioned publication.
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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