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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast mid bow and foot from a bow-and-fantail trumpet brooch variant, Mackreth type TR 4.1bx. An oval mid bow boss has a sunken circular panel with a round cell set centrally; neither now retain enamel. A triangular fantail foot bears a stepped border and a central rhomboid or teardrop shaped figure flanked by deep grooves, again perhaps intended for but not now retaining enamel. The stub of a catch plate lies behind the base of the fantail. The type is common in Nottinghamshire, and is related to East Anglian forms of brooch. Suggested date: Early Roman, 90-160.Length: 27.5mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness (at mid bow): 4.1mm, Weight: 5.66gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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