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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped brooch of developed type and of 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and much of the pin (with a surviving length of 32.3mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 4.9g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 25.2mm and a diameter of 4.2mm), the terminals are enhanced with pairs of vertical grooves, defining an adjacent rib. At the apex is an integral chain-loop on a small platform (with a height of 6.9mm, a width of 6.1mm and an internal diameter of 2.9mm). The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section (9.7mm wide and 2.7mm thick at the head) with a stepped border on the sides, now partially lost. The sides are straight and convergent as far as the break. The rear of the bow is slightly dished. The bow projects forward at the break, indicating it was bent prior to breaking. The bow is decorated with a column of three lozenge-shaped mouldings, each containing a recessed cell. Remnant traces of enamel survive in the top cell, now yellow. The surface is heavily-corroded pale-green.The brooch corresponds with T-shaped types which have a distribution largely concentrated around the Lower Severn as outlined by Hattatt (1987, pp 100-105) and closely corresponds with Hull's type 105.1. Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004, Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, 167, fig. 1382. . Hattatt R.; 1987, Brooches of Antiquity
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