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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy early Roman T-shape brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The pin and most of the bow, including the foot and catchplate, are missing. The brooch measures 16.24mm in length, and 22.96mm maximum width across the wings. The bow is 8.21mm in width immediately below the wings and tapers to 5.21mm in width at a point 13.16mm below the base of the wing which is where the rest of the bow has broken away. It weighs 3.09g.The head exhibits rolled cylindrical wings which house the corroded remains of the axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. The pin is missing. The wings are divided by a central pin slot. The wings are decorated by two longitudinal grooves close to the outer edge of the wings.The bow arches back from the head and is 2.48mm thick. The bow is decorated by two grooves with a central ridge and two ridges running long the edges of the bow. From just below the wings and running towards the pin slot there are transverse ridges on each side, creating an arrow-shaped decoration pointing towards the pin slot. The edge of the bow is decorated with ridges or cuts running from the lower to top edge of the bow. At the break the bow is broadly rectangular in cross section.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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