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Description: | Roman cast copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 60-100. Most of the bow, the foot and most of the pin of the brooch are missing to worn breaks. The brooch head has open-ended cylindrical wings, 39.4mm wide, containing an axis bar for the hinge. There is a split along the underside of one wing and iron corrosion, probably from the axis bar, is visible in the split. That wing also has the remains of a white substance in the open end, probably a paste to hold the bar in place. The wings are each decorated with transverse incised grooves, these are worn, particularly on the split wing, but appear to be a set of three grooves near the end. There is a large transverse slot through the centre of the underside of the head, between the wings, where the pin hinges. The head of the copper alloy pin remains in situ but is very worn.The bow is C shaped in section with a convex front and concave back. It rises at c.60 degrees to the head before curving over about 45 degrees to the break. The bow tapers in width and thickness gradually but consistently from the head to the worn break. The remaining part is decorated with a broad central ridge running down the length . The ridge is D-shaped in section and very prominent. The ridge varies in thickness with a thick area at the top, then a flattened area then a thicker area, probably with transverse grooves across it although this is very worn and unclear. The brooch fragment is 12.0mm long, 16.9mm thick and weighs 12.37 grams.Bailey and Butcher (2004:158-9) illustrate similar pieces and suggest a Flavian or slightly earlier date. Initial T-shaped brooches tend to have moulded decoration but this can be very variable. Their T135 (ibid) appears similar although this example is too incomplete and worn to be sure.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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