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BROOCH
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Philip Smither, 2020-10-27 14:17:16
Title
BROOCH
Description
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An incomplete Roman copper alloy Aucissa brooch dating to AD 40-60. The head of the brooch is formed from a flat rectangular panel which has been rolled over and splits into two forming a slot for the pin. The pin on this example is missing. The bow is a flat panel and tapers towards the catchplate. The foot knob is missing. The bow is decorated with three ridges running the length of the bow and the edge of the bow are also ridged.

A catchplate projects from the reverse of the foot of the brooch complete with rolled terminal to hold the pin.

The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn

Length: 55.7mm, Width: 19.1mm, Thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 4.5g
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Berkshire
Date between 40 and 60
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1014205
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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/1120112
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1120112/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location51° 27′ 23.76″ N, 1° 13′ 02.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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