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Description: | Incomplete Romano-British Dragonesque brooch. This Roman brooch is essentially Celtic in design. The brooch has a raised surface and the overall form is that of an 'S' shaped, double-headed animal with large ears and a curled snout. On this example, only one of the beasts heads survives, the other has been lost in antiquity. The brooch pin would have been fitted around the neck of the beast and hooked under the other end. The surviving head is very worn but has a circular eye; at the centre of the brooch there is a single circular boss which would have held coloured enamel although this does not survive. On the reverse, the brooch is slightly hollow in each ear and at the centre but it is quite a large chunky example. These brooches were possibly worn in pairs like other forms of Roman brooch. The brooch weighs 15.17g and measures 47.2mm in length, 29.6mm in width and 5.1mm in thickness.
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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