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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shape brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The pin is missing. It measures 47.28mm in length, 23.32mm maximum width, 0.81mm minimum width, is 12.75mm thick and weighs 6.06g.The rolled cylindrical wings have a span of 23.32mm and a diameter of 4.53mm. They are decorated by a series of alternating longitudinal grooves and ridges on the obverse. On the reverse, the horizontal seam is visible. The wings house the corroded remains of the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. There is a central pin slot which houses the triangular butt of the pin whcih terminates in an old berak. The bow arches back from the head and measures 8.95mm in width and 4.34mm in thickness. It is decorated by a central triangular ridge, surrounded by a V-shaped groove which is in turn surrounded by a V-shaped ridge. Each of the long edges of the bow is slightly ridged to a length of 7.99mm at which point the ridged terminate and the brooch narrows to a width of 5.30mm. The bow then tapers to a width of 0.78mm at the foot. The catchplate extends from the underside of the lower bow and terminates in an old break.C.f. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 302, no. 907.
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