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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled knee brooch (AD 150-250).The pin, part of the spring mechanism, the chain loop, the base of the brooch and catch-plate are missing.The semi-circular wings are open at the rear and closed at each end. They accommodate the remains of a copper-alloy wire spring around a sub-circular copper-alloy axis bar. At the top pf the wings are the stubs of a chain loop. The tapering bow is generally 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Beneath the wings, the width of the bow is 6.2mm and its thickness is 2.6mm. Along each edge of the bow are four evenly spaced sub-trapezoidal cells which contain flecks of blue enamel.This brooch is green and corroded and the breaks are old.Height: 22.5mm; width of wings: 10.0mm; thickness of wings: 4.3mm. Weight: 1.34g.Similar brooches have been published (Hattatt 1989: 335, refs: 480, 481, 1223, 1661; Bayley and Butcher 2004: 180, ref: T173A).Similar brooches have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme. For example, see finds: HAMP468; IOW-BFB4D5; LIN-BFD4A9; NCL-B9CCB6; SF-563014; WILT-00A802; WILT-47979A and YORYM-978301.Hattatt, R. 1989. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts. Oxford: Oxbow Books.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004. Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection. Society of Antiquaries.
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