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Roman dragonesque brooch
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2016-08-10 11:22:53
Title
Roman dragonesque brooch
Description
English: An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of Dragonesque type, dating from AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the central body. Both zoomorphic heads are missing. The body is decorated with enamelled cells. There are four central, pointed oval cells forming an X shape filled with pale blue enamel. A sub-triangular cell extends from the angle between each pair to the end of the body at each end, also filled with pale blue enamel. The rest of the field is filled with red enamel. The remaining portion of the brooch is 35.6mm long, 21.4mm wide and 4.9mm thick. 8.68g.

Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 75 and 175
Accession number
FindID: 798923
Old ref: SWYOR-A4DDFC
Filename: PAS_2901_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/578297
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/578297/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/798923
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Object location53° 56′ 09.96″ N, 0° 53′ 39.91″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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