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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD c.100-c.200) brooch, missing its pin, its top loop, the end of its foot, most of its catchplate and part of its wings. Overall, the brooch measures 29.7mm long, 12.0mm wide and 11.5mm thick. It weighs 3.47g.The wings are sub-tubular, D-shaped in section (flat side at the front), with a gap for the pin's hinge. The reverse of one of the wings is missing. Projecting from the centre top of the wings is the base of the brooch's head loop.The bow projects forwards and downwards at a 45 degree angle from the front of the wings and then curves downwards towards the foot where it straightens out. The bow and foot are rectangular in section but the bow has a concave reverse. It tapers from 7.9mm wide and 3.9mm thick where it meets the wings to 2.5mm wide and 1.9mm thick at the broken end of the foot. The catchplate has mostly broken off but the upper end remains, slightly off-centre, on the reverse of the foot. The front of the brooch is undecorated.The brooch is similar in outline to a headstud brooch (cf. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, p.333, Fig. 192), so the design may have been derived from this type.
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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