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Description: | A copper alloy Roman lion brooch. The brooch is constructed in several parts, with the bow fastened to the foot by means of an integral oval rivet through the foot. There are two separate sheets (now broken, probably a circular plate with a lozenge shape plate below) attached around the area of the join between the bow and the foot. The foot flares towards the end and has vertical ridges on the upper surface. It curves round to form a broad catchplate. The spring is enclosed in a plain cylindrical housing and the pin remains projecting from the centre of the reverse of this housing. The bow flares slightly to meet the spring casing and is moulded in the form of a lion (rather degraded in this example but for a comparison see Stead and Rigby 1989, 92 fig. 49, H1). The head and rump of the lion are visible in profile but the legs are not distinct. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ghey, Eleanor - British Museum | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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