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Description: | A thin copper-alloy cast Roman brooch, an Alcester type, one of the trumpet derivatives, probably dating from the second century. Only the head of the brooch survives. It is trumpet shaped and hollow. The remains of a broken head loop project at the top. At the back are circular holes, one at each side, which would have held the axis bar of the spring. The spring and pin are missing. At the front of the bow, a damaged semi-circular flange projects forwards, while the bow would have continued downwards but is not missing. The front of the brooch is decorated. There is a band of raised dots bordered by an incised groove across the top of the head. There is a raised vertical band down the centre of the head, with an oval area of silvering on each side, maybe representing eyes. There is another row of raised dots across the bottom of the head, and the flange is covered with similar bumps. Much of the decoration carries traces of silvering. The metal has a smooth grey green patina. The brooch is 34.2mm long, 22.7mm wide, and 9.7mm thick. It weighs 5.75gm. Similar examples on the database are NMGW-E827B2, DENO-128EC4 and BERK-416112. See also number 976 and number 447 in Hattatt??s Visual Catalogue. Alcester brooches are not very common, but are known from South East England up to Scotland. | Subjects: | alcester | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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