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Roman dragonesque brooch
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National Museums Liverpool , Heather Beeton, 2020-01-09 15:58:38
Title
Roman dragonesque brooch
Description
English: Cast copper alloy Roman brooch fragment from a dragonesque type, dating to c.AD 75-175.

The brooch fragment is from the remains of a terminal, either the head or the foot of the brooch. The terminal has a curving teardrop shape, in the centre of which is a ring and dot motif. The dot is filled with the remains of blue enamel and and the ring red enamel. At the point of the teardrop is a roundel that curves away with only the tip touching the main body. In the centre is a second ring and dot motif with the same enamelled design as the first. The top of the teardrop extends in to a sub-oval projection, the centre of which has a teardrop shaped cell filled with red enamel that has a has a cresent shaped cell filled with blue enamel above. A small section of the tail protrudes from the base of the terminal body.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 75 and 175
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 986855
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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/1087349
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1087349/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986855
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