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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy dragonesque brooch dating to the Roman period (AD 75 - AD 175).Only one terminal of the brooch survives, a 'head' which is curvilinear in form with a curling snout and large curved ear. It is decorated with two double concentric circles, one which forms the eye and the which forms the snout. These would have originally been filled with enamel. The other end of the brooch (the 'neck') terminates in a worn break. The reverse is flat and undecorated.The metal has a mid green and uneven patina, and the concentric circles are brown, probably from traces of red enamel. The brooch is 24.0 mm long, 13.4 mm wide and 3.0 mm thick. It weighs 2.97 g.A number of similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database, such as DUR-4E8ED3, GLO-A7C001, and SWYOR-279501. Other comparable examples are also illustrated in Hattatt, p. 157, fig. 67.Reference:Hattatt, R., 1982 Ancient and Romano-British brooches Sherborne : Dorset Publishing.
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