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Roman copper alloy knee brooch
The head is flattened out to form an oval plate, covering two circular side-plates to which an iron axial bar attaches a spring with (apparently) a single coil on each side of the pin. Solid catchplate.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
23.292/2.126
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1920-1923
Notes: From within the fort.
Acquisition
Donation, 10/10/1936
Measurements
length / mm:38
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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