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Copper alloy dragonesque brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Philippa Walton, 2004-04-19 16:22:28
Title
Copper alloy dragonesque brooch
Description
English: A copper alloy dragonesque brooch, dating to the first or second centuries AD and possibly East Brigantian in type. The brooch consists of a cast S shaped plate, whilst the underside is flat and plain. 
The upper surface has two decoration types - moulded and openwork.
The central ornamentation of the brooch consists of a boss within a lozenge formed by two stylised trumpets.
Each of the terminals has an 'ear' and 'eye', the eye being represented by a small raised boss with circumferential rib. The pin is missing. The brooch measures 51mm in length and has a maximum width of 25mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 75 and 175
Accession number
FindID: 65181
Old ref: NCL-3EABC0
Filename: 04dragonnorham.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/23314
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/23314/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/65181
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