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Roman Dragonesque Brooch
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Ian Whitehead, 2017-12-12 17:26:03
Title
Roman Dragonesque Brooch
Description
English: An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of Dragonesque type, dating from AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the central body only. Both zoomorphic heads are missing. The body is decorated with enamelled cells and a central raised boss, but is too corroded to allow the pattern to be discerned. There are traces of blue and possibly red enamel surviving. The reverse is slightly concave. The metal has a grey green patina. The brooch is 36.7mm long, 15.7mm wide and 5.5mm thick. it weighs 7.67gm.

Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 75 and 175
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FindID: 878345
Old ref: SWYOR-5507D6
Filename: SWYOR5507D6RomanBroocha.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/641006
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/641006/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/878345
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Object location54° 03′ 12.6″ N, 0° 58′ 06.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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