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Description: | A Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down Type dating to the mid 1st century AD (25-60 AD). The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only with a surviving length of 19.9mm and a weight of 5.27 grams. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, of which two coils and part of the cross bar remain. The spring is within a cylindrical cover which forms the head. This cover is open ended and has been formed of a flat sheet which has been pinched closed; it is decorated at the top with two incised lines running along it's lengh and is now damaged from old breaks. The brooch has a width at the head of 18.3mm. The bow rises perpendicular from the head and then bends immediately by 90 degrees to form the flat bow. The upper bow has a width of 13.0mm at the head and is flat with a thickness of 2.0mm. The front of the bow is decorated with three vertical ribs running down the lengh, the outer two split at the top to form 5 ribs where at the horizontal collar between the head and the bow; the central rib is more prominent and all are decorated with incised lines running down the bow. The rear of the bow is plain. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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