Find Spot record 2791 - Roman brooch

Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 01 January 1996
Methods of discovery: Metal detector

<1> Penny S, Various, Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form, 1998 (Paper Archive). SCH4332.

Bronze bow brooch with traces of silvered surface. Prominent hollow-backed wings to accomodate spring mechanism. Small attachment loop at head. Transverse decoration on wings. Catch-plate and tip missing. 1st to 2nd century. Found by metal detector

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL515 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Bronze bow brooch with traces of 'silvered' surface. prominent hollow-backed wings to accommodate spring mechanism, small attachment loop at head. Transverse decoration on wings. Catch plate and foot missing.
Date: from 43 AD (Certain) to 200 AD
Period: ROMAN
Broad Period:
Length: 30 mm
Width: 26 mm
Preservation: poor
Completeness: Incomplete