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Description: | A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester tradition. The brooch has lost its pin; its wings have also largely been lost. Looking at the brooch in plan (with the head at the top) the wings only extend to 5.4mm on the right-hand side and are only vestigial on the left. They are sub-rectangular in section. The fact that they are so slight and damaged probably relates back to their original thin construction. Below the wings is a single circular perforation at the rear of the brooch head; the head beyond this hole is apparently missing following old damage. The hole would presumably have held an axis bar; this is now missing along with the pin. The bow has quite a shallow profile. It is of hemsipherical section and is decorated with a median ridge and abraded ridges along the edges. At the head the central ridge turns into a crest reminiscent of the backwards hook on early Colchester brooches. The bow tapers towards the foot. On the reverse is the catchplate which has been abraded. This brooch is probably of the hinged Dolphin type and can be compared with an example illustrated in Hattatt (1985, 79; ref. 361). Roman, 1st century in date.
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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