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Title: help with possible brooch Post by: daz on May 25, 2011, 05:46:19 PM hi,hope you could help me identify this possoble brooch.its 6cm diameter and is fairly heavy,think it might be some sort of lead alloy.there is also traces of what looks like a gold coating that used to be on it.im hoping it might be roman as ive yet to find anything positivly identified as roman :( ,thanks.
Title: Re: help with possible brooch Post by: daz on May 25, 2011, 05:47:02 PM sorry front
Title: Re: help with possible brooch Post by: dances with badgers on May 25, 2011, 06:41:59 PM oooh :o
Title: Re: help with possible brooch Post by: The Doc on May 25, 2011, 08:46:28 PM Nice find, but it's not a brooch and not Roman sorry.
It's a harness mount (bridle boss), circa 18th century, like this: http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=25963&cat=169 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=25963&cat=169) Title: Re: help with possible brooch Post by: daz on May 25, 2011, 08:58:54 PM maybe tomorow some roman goodies then lol.thanks for identifying it :)
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