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Description: | An incomplete and corroded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Rosette brooch (AD 25-60).The pin, spring and part of the plate are missing.This brooch has the remains of an open ended cylindrical spring holder (wings). The plain bow is integral with the wings and is deeply curved in side profile. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. At its junction with the plate, it has a width of 7.13mm and the thickness at the centre is 1.87mm. The plate is incomplete and at the rear the stub of a catch-plate is just visible.The brooch is corroded and in poor condition.Height: 31.28mm; width of wings: 12.31mm. Weight: 3.02g.Similar brooches have been published and illustrated (Hattatt 1989: 308, fig. 167).Hattatt, R. 1989. Ancient brooches and other artefacts: a fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author. Oxford: Oxbow.
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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