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Roman zoomorphic brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Matthew Fittock, 2020-03-03 08:54:13
Title
Roman zoomorphic brooch
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper-alloy, flat zoomorphic brooch dating to the Roman period (c.AD. 100-200).  

The brooch is in the form of a springing lion; it is flat on the front and reverse and sub-rectangular in cross-section.  The brooch is convex on the front and concave on the reverse.  The head consists of a (now missing) enamelled eye and a notched mane on both top and bottom edges with crescental punch-marks within, which terminates in two transverse knurled ribs across the neck.  The body of the lion is composed of a recessed panel, which is missing its enamel. 

On the reverse the pin is missing but remains of the catchpate projects from the lower portion of the head, and the pin attachment projects from the rump of the lion.

The brooch has a very dark green and slightly shiny patina on both faces, possibly the result of cleaning by the finder.     

Highly comparable to Hattatt (1985:173), fig.70, no.618.

Dimensions - length: 28.2mm; width: 12.4mm; thickness 1.6mm (inc. pin attachment: 5.7mm); weight: 2.02g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 100 and 200
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 994881
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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/1094863
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1094863/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/994881
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 02′ 47.04″ N, 0° 09′ 26.97″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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