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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill brooch with upper side lugs, missing the head, pin, lower bow and catchplate. It is now rather flattened and measures 29.26mm in incomplete length and 24.51mm in max.width (across the side lugs), and weighs 3.21g. All breaks are worn and old.A projection c.8mm wide extends from the top of the bow into the missing head and wings. It is decorated with a transverse rib. Below, the upper bow is triangular in shape, being widest below the head. It is at this point the side knobs extend to either side. The centre of the bow is decorated with three vertical ribs. At the apex (8.95mm wide) is a transverse rib and below a 5.88mm wide projection into a central button with a possible side knob surviving to one side.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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