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Description: | Roman (AD c. 69-96) T-shaped brooch: The cylindrical crossbar is formed by being curled around the iron axis bar forming a horizontal seam on the reverse of the crossbar. The crossbar has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged which is now missing. The outer face of the wings is decorated with double-stranded transverse grooves in the centre of each wing and at the terminal. The bow protrudes from the centre of the cross bar and is slightly hump-like and is oval in section. The bow and bow head are decorated with vertical four grooves which quickly faded. The bow tapers to a blunt point. The reverse of the bow has a catchplate with openwork on the lower portion. The brooch surface is slightly abraded and has a well developed dark brooch shiny patina. It measures 83.54mm long, 43.73mm wide and it weighs 29.8g.The brooch is an initial T-shaped brooch, which are described as being usually hinged, not enamelled, with no head stud and having fine decoration and date to the Flavian period, AD 69-96 (Bayley and Butcher, 2004: p. 159).Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries.
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