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Roman copper alloy knee brooch
The head of a knee brooch. The spring for the pin is supported on an axial bar which passes through two pierced lugs at the rear of the head; above the spring a narrow band of bronze emerges from the rear of the head and links the two lugs as if to form a casing but in fact leaving the spring exposed. The internal chord is loose. The head is semi-circular and undecorated. The rounded knee of the bow is facetted.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/12
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
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