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Description: | Part of a cast copper alloy plate-headed T-shape brooch, probably dating from the second century AD. The semi-circular plate-head is 26.26mm long, 16.27mm wide and has a maximum thickness of 2.22mm. The head is slightly damaged at the top, but it appears to have once been pierced by a small round perforation in the upper centre. The plate is decorated with small grooved lines 2-3mm in length, which radiate inwards from the curving edge. There is also a single ring and dot in the centre. The lower part of the plate conceals the cylindrical axis bar for the missing hinged pin. This has a slightly oval cross section and a maximum thickness of 4.96mm. The bow protrudes from the front of the plate, behind the axis bar. It is undecorated with a long vesica-shaped cross section. It starts off as perpendicular to the plate, then curves downwards so that it is at a right angle to the plate and it is broken approximately half way down, so that the length of the incomplete brooch is 36.36mm. A fairly similar brooch can be seen in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 305, fig. 164, no. 407) although this example, which has no provenance, has a head stud rather than an upper perforation.Weight: 10.42g
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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