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A cast copper alloy Roman brooch
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Kent County Council, Karen Dunford, 2011-11-16 16:56:15
Title
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper Roman brooch, dating to the 1st century. It is a Hod Hill variant; the head is hinged with the metal rolled forward over an iron axis bar. The brooch tapers to a rectangular collar, over what may be two broken knops. The bow is triangular, widening towards the base, and has four moulded rib. The terminal has two moulded vertical lines, and the foot tapers towards its end. The reverse of the foot has a vertical triangular catch plate. The brooch is incomplete with old breaks at the head, along the rolled over copper alloy sheet, as well as at the top of the catch plate; there is also an old break at the end of the foot, where a knop may have been. The pin is missing. The brooch is bent slightly at the top of the terminal, making the head tilt left. It measures 55.59 mm L x 23.43 mm W x 8.95 mm TH and weighs 9.09 g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 43 and 70
Accession number
FindID: 472439
Old ref: KENT-3E8E38
Filename: KENT-3E8E38.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/355390
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/355390/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/472439
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 17 November 2020)
Object location51° 08′ 18.24″ N, 0° 49′ 03.52″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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