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Description: | A copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler type C of probable early Roman date (50BC-100 AD). The brooch is formed from a cast or drawn length of circular sectioned copper alloy wire. The wire is 1.7mm in diameter and has been bent to form a penannular (C shaped) brooch. The two terminals of the brooch taper along their length and have been flattened and rolled into a tight curl of a single turn. This curl has subsequently been further compressed by hammering. The pin of the brooch is complete. It is formed from a single sub-rectangular sheet of wire which tapers along its length to a rounded point. The pin is attached to the brooch by its widest terminal which has been folded around the body of the brooch. The brooch measures 23.3mm length, 24.4mm width and is a maximum of 4.4mm thick. The pin measures 24.8mm length, is a maximum of 3.2mm wide and 1.2mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.41 grams. The brooch is a mid green colour with a much abraded patina which covers the majority of the artefact. Several small areas of the brooch have been affected by corrosion. The abrasion and movement in the ploughsoil has also resulted in the distortion of the shape of the brooch. Similar penannular brooches are recorded in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, the closet parallels are examples 650, 651, and 1282. (figure 199 page 340). Hattatt suggests that this style of penannular brooch dates from the last century BC and the 1st century AD.
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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