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Roman copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch
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Leicestershire County Council, Wendy Scott, 2012-03-14 15:00:55
Title
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch
Description
English: A Roman, copper alloy horse and rider brooch, measuring 23.53mm in length, 16.22mm in width, and 5.39mm in depth. The brooch weighs 1.76 grams, and is missing a large portion of the rider, as well as much of the head, legs and tail of the horse.

The brooch depicts the profile of a horse and rider facing to the right. What remains of the rider's lower body contains two of the brooches four cells; one linear cell running diagonally down the rider's body, over a second small circular cell.

The horse is marginally more complete than its rider. The partial remains of the front leg of the horse is positioned forward in such a manner as to suggest it were galloping forward. The two remaining cells of the brooch are positioned on the horse's body; a linear cell running horizontally along the length of the horse and ending in a hook on its hind leg, and a slightly elongated oval cell on the horse's chest.

The reverse of the brooch displays the remnants of the pinning mechanism, including a portion of the lug and an intact catchplate. The pin itself however, is missing.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 100 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 493838
Old ref: LEIC-0B1AA1
Filename: BOS5896 0B1AA1.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/374102
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/374102/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/493838
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