BROOCH 813428

BROOCH 813428
Description: A fragment of a Roman copper alloy T shape brooch dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. It consists of the head of the brooch, with cylindrical wings, and 16.34mm of pin which is fixed in a position at about 180 degrees to the bow. The top part of the bow remains. Everything else is missing. It is 24.09mm in length (including the protruding pin) and 23.90mm in width, across the wings. The wings are decorated with circumferential incised lines (two at each end of the wings) and the centre of the bow is raised up, leaving a lower edge on each side. 11.18mm of the bow remain below the wings. The bow, C shape in section, flares out from the head (from 6.19mm to 6.57mm over its length of 11.18mm) ending at an old break at a point where there seems to have been a feature, perhaps a cell for a stone or enamelling. There are signs of silver or tinning. It weighs 3.81g.
Date: 50 - 150

Object type: BROOCH

Last import: August 15, 2017
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