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Roman copper alloy bow brooch
The lower part of a bow brooch similar to 88.165H/13 but smaller and without flanges. There is a small knobbed foot and a pierced catchplate. There is no decoration visible on the narrow tapered bow but the fold of the catchplate carries tranverse line ornament. The brooch was discovered in a mid second century context but the crude piercing of the catchplate indicates a date of manufacture probably before the close of the first century.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/14
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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