English: Roman cast copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 50-100. Part of the head and upper part of the bow survive, the rest are lost to old breaks. The brooch head has open-ended cylindrical wings, both are missing the ends and they are now 17.3mm wide. The remaining short sections of the wings are plain. There is a large transverse slot through the centre of the underside of the head, between the wings, where the pin hinges. The head of the copper alloy pin remains in this slot but the remainder is missing to an old break.

The bow is D shaped in section with a flat back. It rises at c.90 degrees to the head before curving over 90 degrees almost immediately to before running relatively straight for a section; just before the break it starts to curve down to the foot. The bow tapers in width and thickness gradually but consistently towards the narrow foot which is broken with a worn break. The upper part is decorated with at least four raised ribs which appear to converge as they go down the bow to form triangles. The lower part of the bow is corroded, obscuring the details of this decoration. The catchplate is missing with the foot. The brooch is now 27.9mm long, 10.1mm thick and weighs 4.75 grams.

Bailey and Butcher (2004:158) illustrate similar pieces although with a range of different moulded decoration and suggest a Flavian or slightly earlier context. SOM-A5A846 on this database appears similar but more complete.