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Description: | A cast copper alloy brooch. The wings of the brooch are almost semi-cylindrical. Within the wings there is a copper alloy axis bar with a spring coiled around it. The spring has 14 coils and a fragment of the pin. The external coils join forming a horizontal bar which loops under the upper portion of the bow. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is an integral hook. The bow head/upper portion of the bow is an elongated trapezoidal shape in plan with concave sides and the lower corners terminating with a bulbous knop. In the centre of the bow head there is a vertical ridge which tapers towards the wings as decoration. This portion of the bow is ??C?? shape in profile. The lower portion of the bow is integral to the lower edge of the upper portion. It is narrowed and is triangular in plan and has two very small knops on the lower edge. The outer surface is decorated with a triple-stranded vertical line and borders. The reverse of this portion there is a central vertical solid catchplate which has an abraded edge. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete dark green patina. The brooch measures 38.43mm long, and is 29.12mm wide across the wings, weighing 25g.
The brooch is a Roman Aesica type. Hattat (Hattat, R. 1987 Brooches of Antiquity Oxbow) illustrates a similar brooch No. 794, and he dates these brooches, Aesica brooches to the 1st century. Snape (Snape, M.E. 1993 Roman Brooches from North Britain B.A.R. 235) comments that Aesica type brooches were derived from continental thistle or rosette brooches and their findspots are concentrated in the Midlands and central southern England. Macreth (Macreth, D.F. 1973 Roman Brooches Salisbury) suggests they date to c. 60 to c. 80AD. | Subjects: | Aesica | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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