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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch dating to AD 43-70 C. The upper bow and wings survive, the lower bow, catchplate, foot and pin are missing. The brooch measures 26.86mm in length, is 16.35mm maximum width, 4.39mm minimum width, 1.67mm thick and weighs 2.81g.The wings roll upwards to hold the iron axis bar, the slot for the pin contains a fragment of the pin. On the bow there are two horizontal ridges 10.5 and 13.5mm from the top of the brooch. Immediately below are three vertical ridges flanked by two sets of semi-circular horizontal lugs, exhibing an echo on those lugs of the vertical ridges. The first set of lugs is 16mm from the top of the brooch and the brooch is 16.35mm wide at this point. The lower set of lugs is 24.2mm below the top of the brooch and it is 11.7mm across. Below the second set of lugs the raminder of the brooch is missing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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