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Roman dragonesque brooch
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2015-02-18 15:53:33
Title
Roman dragonesque brooch
Description
English: A copper alloy dragonesque brooch dating from teh Roman period, about AD 75 - 175. It has a reversed S-shaped body terminating in a stylised ear and snout at each end, which take the form of a C-shaped scroll. The head is connected to the body at the chin by a strut. The terminals are simply moulded and plain. The body has a moulded line along the edge, raised on the inside of the curved, and recessed on the outside. A raised collar flanked by a double line on each side runs across the body in a straight line from the chin strut. The obverse of the brooch is convex and the reverse is slightly concave. A copper alloy pin remiains wrapped around the neck. The lower part is missing and the break is patinated. The metal is of a different alloy and has patinated to green, whicile the brooch is golden brown. The loop of the pin is decorated with a central recessed line. The brooch is 57.6mm long, 23.6mm wide and 5.8mm thick, 9.1mm thick across the loop of the pin. 17.52g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 75 and 175
Accession number
FindID: 705615
Old ref: SWYOR-4B5519
Filename: PAS_2410_dragonesque.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/505938
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/505938/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/705615
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Object location53° 26′ 59.64″ N, 0° 52′ 22.84″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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