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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy dragonesque brooch of Roman date. The brooch is curvilinear in form resulting in a roughly S-shape and is flat. The body of the brooch is decorated with two triangular recessed cells at each end with two circular cells in the centre. These would have been filled with enamel and no traces are retained. flanked by two triangular recessed cells each of which would once have been in filled with enamel. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The tail of the dragon is bent at a 90 degree angle and the object is covered with a dark green and brown patina. Iron staining is visible on each face of the object which has a light green patina.Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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