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Description: | Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch. The bulk of the head and part of the upper bow are extant but the remainder is missing from old breaks. The ends of the spring cover have pierced ends for the axis bar and the external spring chord passes through a damaged and broken hook on the head. The bow increases in width initially and has a central ridge flanked by a flange that curves around the spring. The pierced end plate is a characteristic of the Polden hill type but the flange at the head is more in keeping with an aesica (see Plate 29 of Mackreth, D. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Vol 2). Insufficient survives to be definitive. Circa 40-150 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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