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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Bow and Fantail brooch, missing its pin and the curl of the catchplate.The wings are tubular and span 18mm. As they face forwards, the wings are flattened and D-shaped in section. Each end rises in a slight ridge.The bow extends from the front of the wings at a slight angle before dropping to a circular area 10.5mm in diameter with a c.1mm thick rim and a 3mm diameter piercing at its centre.Below this the bow is flat in section (c.1-2mm thick) and triangular in shape, flaring outwards beneath the circular area. One corner is worn/ missing. Along each side of the triangular bow is a line curving inwards, creating a concave-edged central area that is also traingular in shape (and may have once conatined enamel). Within this the design is very worn but seems to show a circular (or possibly diamond/ square on its points?) shape with a central hole, at its centre. From this, in three directions (towards each corner) is an elongated pointed-oval. That which points towards the wings is in relief while the other two are hollowed out. However corrosion may have contributed to this impression.The brooch is 31mm in length and comparable with Hattatt's Bow-and-fantail brooches (1989 fig.172), and his Aesica oddities (1989 fig.170).Probably 1st/ 1st-2nd century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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