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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. The brooch measures 43.15mm in length, 21.98mm maximum width, 4.79mm at the base of the bow and weighs 5.27g.The head exhibits cylindrical wings upon which the loop is intact. The wings house the remains of the axis bar and are divided by a central pin slot for the hinged pin (now missing), the base of which remains. The tip of each wing is decorated with a single circumferential groove. The bow tapers from a width of 6.77mm immediately below the head to the foot which extends 3.58mm across.Two longitudinal ridges extend parallel to one another 19.46mm along the outer part of the bow from just below the head. The catchplate terminates in the rolled pin bar.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 304 No. 400
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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