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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are tubular with a ??D?? shaped section. The vertical face is the front of the wings. The upper edge of the vertical face is slightly abraded and therefore may not represent the original edge. On the reverse the wings have a transverse slot which reveals the copper alloy axis bar. The pin is hinged on the axis bar at the slot. Only a fragment of the cast copper alloy pin remains. One terminal of the wing is filled with a white possibly ceramic substance. The opposite terminal is not clear due to encrustation. Only a fragment of the bow remains and this protrudes from the lower edge of the vertical face of the wings. The bow is rectangular in section and in plan. Only between half and a third of the bow remains before it is broken. The break is not recent. The lower portion of the bow is decorated with vertical triangular ribbing. The surface of the brooch has a dark green patina. The brooch is in a good condition, but is incomplete. It measures 31.78mm long and 28.14mm across the wings. It weighs 12.5g.
The brooch is a Hod Hill type, which probably dates to the mid to late 1st century (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 153). Hattat (Hattat, R 1982 Ancient and Romano-British Brooches Oxbow) illustrates a similar example, No. 1497. Butcher (Butcher, S. 2001 ??The Brooches?? in Anderson, A.S, Wacher, J.S., and Fitzpatrick, A.P. The Romano-British Small town At Wanborough, Wiltshire Britannia Monograph No. 19 p. 49) comments that Hod Hill type brooches are common on the Continent, occurring in Britain on military sites and also in settlements and towns. | Subjects: | Hod Hill | 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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