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Description: | An incomplete, cast copper-alloy Thealby Mine brooch of the Roman period, dating c. AD 70-200.The brooch consists of the head, upper bow and the base of a headloop, missing the lower bow, catchplate and hinged pin.The head consists of two arms of semi-circular section, with moulded decoration on the outer face flanking the bow. The bow tapers from the head toward the foot, and there is an incised triangle on its upper face. The rectangular base of a cast-integral headloop also remains on the top of the head, with moulded grooves across its width, and the base of the loop visible on its upper edge. The reverse of the headloop base also bears moulded grooves.
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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