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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Aesica brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The spring is bent but otherwise intact, but the pin is missing. The brooch is 34.95mm in length, 23.40mm in width,16.50mm and weighs 16.82 grams.The wings are 20.50mm wide and C-shaped in cross-section. The wings are each decorated with a diagonal groove and a vertical groove.The rest of the brooch is formed from two parts. The first is a plate which extends at right angles from the wings. It has the broad shape of two triangles laid end to end with their upper points towards the wings with circular knops on each of the other points. The second part is a curved bow which extends at right angles to both the wings and the plate and curves sharply in a D-shape to meet the plate at the base of the first triangle. Here it is connected to the plate at the cirular knops at the two points of the triangle as well as in the centre. A vertical ridge runs along the top of the bow.The front of the triangular parts of the plate are undecorated, as is the reverse. The catchplate is intact.
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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