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Roman copper alloy crossbow brooch
Cross piece arm from a large crossbow brooch with a globular terminal set on a ridge-and-groove neck. The rectangular-sectioned arm expands from the end and has a bronze hinge pin set close enough to one side to have worn through.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.11
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1977
Notes: Context, Code: 111, Feature type: topsoil, Date of context: phase U/S unstratified
Acquisition
Donation, 31/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:25 (broken)
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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