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Description: | Fragment of Roman copper alloy Aesica brooch, consisting of the Polden Hill spring mechanism, head and upper bow only. It is 16.2mm in length and weighs 3.49g.
The cylindrical head houses six coils and the chord rests on the top of the bow. The head measures 14.3mm in width. The circular side lugs of the polden Hill type hold the ?iron axis bar in place.
Where the bow extends from the head it is 8.4mm wide. This widens over 11mm to 14mm, where the bow trifurcates - one outside corner is missing (thus it is narrower than it would have been), but where the other survives it flourishes a little knob. The central stem shows an old break.
A wide rib runs along the centre of the bow, extending from the forward-facing hook holding the chord. This is truncated by the break.
The style of this brooch, although only a fragment, suggests it is probably of Hattatt's 'closed type'. The Aesica type is native British and clearly influenced by the Gaulish Rosette type. | Subjects: | Aesica | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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