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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are tubular, and have been formed by the terminal of the bow being folded back on itself. A central slot has been added to the fold to allow for the pin to be hinged. The axis bar which would run through the tube and the pin are all missing and one side of the tubular wings is incomplete. In profile the bow is slightly arched. This portion of the bow is a slender rectangle in section, but the outer face has moulded decoration consisting of two vertical grooves which are further decorated by fine transverse ridges. The bow tapers to a recent break. The reverse of the bow does not have the catchplate, it is missing with the lower portion of the bow. The brooch is incomplete. The surface has an incomplete light grey/green patina. It measures 39.63mm long and 19.11mm wide across the wings. It weighs 3.2g.
The brooch is an early Roman hinged brooch, derivative of the type called the Aucissa. The distinctive feature for this type of brooch is the tubular wings, a similar example is illustrated in Bayley and Butcher (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 151), No. T17 Figure 119. Bayley and Butcher (2004; p. 151) comment that these type of brooches are found across the Roman Empire and were thought to originate with the military, but were then reproduced by local manufacturers. In Britain they date to the mid to late 1st century and are a common type of brooch the in the south and Midlands (Bayley and Butcher 2004; p. 151). | Subjects: | Aucissa | 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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