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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Aucissa variant brooch, missing part of the axis bar (iron corrosion is present in one wing) and the pin. It has been straightened and measures 83.5mm.
The bow extends from the top of the tubular wings (20.1mm), created by being bent round on themselves. The bow is flat, 8.9mm wide and 1.8mm thick. About 7mm along is a diagonal cut below which the edge on either side is chamfered, leaving a c.4mm wide flat 'rib' at the centre. Each chamfered side has diagonal grooves cut into it.
Roughly half way along the bow is a central 'button', in the form of a slightly raised I shape, with a groove in the top and bottom cross pieces. It resembles a stylised acanthus of the Trumpet style brooches.
Below the 'button' the lower bow is rounder in section, being flat to the reverse. The front retains a flat (but narrower) central rib. A tiny rectangular foot projects forward (2.5mm long, 1mm wide) at the very end. The catchplate is short for such a long brooch. However the bow would originally have had a pronounced curve which perhaps explains this.
Weighs 10.30g. 1st century. | Subjects: | Aucissa variant | 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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