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Description: | Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Probably a Headstud Brooch, Mackreth type proto HDSTD 1. Tubular wings clenched behind retaining an axis bar for a hinged pin (lost), met by a flared flat bow which tapers sharply. There is a possible top loop stub on the wings. An apparently blank fied occupies the broad crest of the bow; as it narrows there is either a small possibly triangular stud, or the beginning of a ridge. Heavily corroded and abraded. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125.Length: 21.8mm, Width: 19.8mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 2.9mm, Weight: 2.92gms.
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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