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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Langton Down type brooch, with the front of the wings and about half of the bow remaining to a length of 22 mm. The separate spring, which would have been held in the semi-circular tube of the wings and the pin are missing. The rest of the bow, foot and catchplate are also missing and the broken edge of the bow is plano-convex in section. The wings have three transverse ridges at each terminus. This section is divided from the head of the brooch by two transverse curved ridges and grooves which cross the width of the bow. The bow curves steeply from the head of the brooch and is decorated with a central line of pellets running longitudinally down the length of the bow, bordered by a linear parallel ridge on either side, which altogether are 2 mm in width. There is then a cap of 1mm between this central device and the next longitudinal ridge on either side, and then another millimetre between this ridge and another set of three lines which consist of two complete ridges on either side of a line of pellets, as in the centre, completing the pattern.Hattatt (2000) illustrates similar Langton Down brooches on page 306, fig.165, nos.39, 269 & 770, which are dated from the 1st century AD.Bayley & Butcher (2004) illustrate a similar Langton Down brooch on page 150, fig.113, no.T21, which is dated from the 1st century 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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