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Description: | Unusual find of a complete cast copper alloy 'Kraftig Profilierte' or 'strongly profiled' Roman brooch. The head of the brooch is formed from a single rear-facing lug, which holds the spring coil, which has eight coils and an external chord. The pin is intact. The bow of the brooch is trumpet shaped in that it has a broad flared terminal at the top of a curved circular sectioned shaft. The bow is plain. The bottom of the trumpet meets the top of the leg with a circular collar or bow button,that is bevelled to top and bottom. The moulding is decorated to both its upper and lower faces with an incised zig zag pattern. The leg of the brooch is subrectangular in plan and flat in section. It is of equal thickness and terminates in a forward facing foot knob, which is circular with bevelled faces much like the moulding at the top of the leg. The front of the leg is decorated with a central, vertical wavy line, with recessed dots within the curves. These may once have held enamel, though they are now blocked with corrosion product. To the reverse of the brooch the catchplate is solid and complete with its curl. The original surface of the brooch survives with a mid green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The brooch is 55.1mm long, 19.16mm wide across the spring head, 3,78mm wide across the shaft of the trumpet, 5.98mm wide across th eleg and weighs 10.51g. The pin is 45.6mm long. Brooches of this type are a more unusual find. Hattatt,1987 (Brooches of Antiquity, page 32) explains that they are a type associated with the Pannonian area along the upper Danube and were thought to have been brought to Britain by the 9th legion, who were drafted from Pannonia for the invasion. When found in Britain, they are usually associated with military sites.
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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