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Description: | An incomplete and broken copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a headstud brooch, dating to the 2nd Century AD. The brooch consists of the bow and catchplate only, broken into two pieces of roughly equal size. The foot fragment of the bow is straight while above the break the other fragment is steeply curved. There is a worn break at the top where the bow would have extended into the head, wings and lug. Immediately below this on the upper surface of the bow is a large square recess, presumably for a missing enamel setting. Starting below this and travelling the length of the bow are two vertical ribbed mouldings. They stop just before the foot which has a flat semi-circular base. To the reverse the triangular catchplate extends for c.17mm of the length and 13.35mm outwards to where the edge curls for the pin.What remains of the brooch is c.36mm long, a maximum of 9.90mm wide and a minimum of 5.44mm wide. The individual pieces are 18.51mm and 21.76mm long and together they weigh 4.97g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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