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Description: | A copper alloy Roman brooch probably Hod Hill type dating to AD 43-75. The brooch is incomplete and comprises only the lower half of the bow and the catchplate, the upper bow, pin and wings are missing.The fragment comprises a narrow convex stem which is decorated towards the top with three raised bands. Below the bands, the bow narrows towards the foot which has a raised band above a flat sub-circular terminal. The catchplate extends back from the lower part of the bow and has a hooked catch along the back edge. There is a circular hole through the catchplate. The back of the bow is otherwise undecorated. The brooch has been tinned.The brooch is 25.9mm in length, 4.6mm wide, 9.35mm thick and weighs 1.29 grams.Cf Hattatt, R, 2007, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books Ltd, Oxford, p320, fig 179, no 1503.
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