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Roman copper alloy penannular brooch
The ring is of rectangular section. The front face has a series of oblique ribs set in a groove. The surviving terminal is in the form of a pseudo-zoomorphic head formed by turning the end back on itself. Fowler (1960) type E1. Condition: only about half the ring survives, pin missing.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.20
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1977
Notes: Context, Code: 304, Feature type: soil accum., Date of context: phase 11 late 4th century or later
Measurements
thickness / mm:3
diameter / mm:c. 30
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