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Roman copper alloy penannular brooch
Small, light weight penannular brooch. Fowler (1960) Type D2, but with extra grooves top and bottom. Pin rectangular. One end tapers to a point, other flattened and rapped round ring.
Only one terminal survives, if the drawing in Grimes is accurate then loss of one terminal has occured since that date.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.1/517
Find Information
Site Name: Holt, Wrexham
Grid Reference: SJ 405 546
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1907-1915
Notes: context unrecorded
Acquisition
Purchase, 7/1/1925
Measurements
depth / mm:26
thickness / mm:2.5
length / mm:30 (pin)
width / mm:2 (pin - tapering)
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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