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Roman copper alloy knee brooch

It has a fan shaped plate head and a spring, with an internal chord and an axial bar, housed between two lugs in a hooded recess to the rear of the head. The bow is of inverted baluster form; the plate has a closely scalloped edge and is decorated with three impressed rings and dots motifs. Though close to the Continental form the spring arrangement and the scalloped edge to the plate rather than the use of incised zig zag line ornament on the plate itself suggest that the Usk example may have been manufactured in Britain.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

99.52H

Find Information

Site Name: Usk Priory Orchard, Usk

Grid Reference: SO 3783 0063
Collection Method: excavation

Acquisition

donation, 2/11/1999

Measurements

length / mm:36

Techniques

Cast

Material

Bronze

Location

location verified by MLewis
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