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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Langton Down or Rosette bow brooch. Only the spring casing, spring and upper part of the bow survive intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The spring casing is cylindrical in form, folded to encase the spring and with a rectangular slot at its centre through which would originally have passed the now missing pin. It is decorated on its front face with vertical grooves at each end of the wings and a central transverse groove. The bow is rectangular in form, oval sectioned and with a double transverse groove where it meets the spring casing. On its front face the bow has moulded decoration comprising five vertical flutes, before terminating in old breaks just below the spring casing. The entire brooch has traces of a dark green patina and measures 15.24mm in length, 19.32mm in width at spring casing (12.25mm in width at bow), 2.18mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 3.91g.This is a fragment from the head of a Roman bow brooch of probable Langton Down or Rosette type, the precise form uncertain due to its preservation. It is of 1st century AD date, c.25-65 AD.
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