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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of T-shaped type, c. 1st-2nd centuries AD. The brooch consists of a a large oval head loop with circular hole, with sharp notches cut out at its base, followed by a cylindrical cross-bar with copper-alloy hinge pin and axial pin within the cross-bar. The neck is plain and flat, angling at approximately 45-degrees from the crossbar, continuing into a tapering sub-triangular body. The perimeter edge of the neck and body are bevelled and the body is divided into an upper rectangular highly decorated portion with a smooth and undecorated lower section, terminating in a protruding foot (sub-triangular in cross-section). The reverse has a trapezoidal catchplate with curved outer edge, which would have held the pin-end. The pin is still articulated within the hinge and moveable, but sightly bent so it does not fit within the catchplate. The decoration on the upper portion of the brooch body is comprised of three recessed chevron-shaped grooves, which create four raised ridges. Within the two outer grooves, a continuous set of incised zig-zags run the vertical length of the grooves. The brooch has an overall deep green patina and there is a silver luster to the copper-alloy that suggests a higher level of tin in the alloy. No further decoration remains. The brooch measures 45.2 mm long, 21.5 mm wide (at crossbar), 10.7 mm thick (at catchplate); the suspension loop measures approximately 9 mm long by 8 mm wide, with an internal diameter of approximately 5.2 mm; the crossbar is 3.4 mm in diameter. The brooch weighs 5.9 grams.Cf. Hattatt 2007, p. 304, fig. 163, nos. 1522, 400, 401, 924.
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