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Description: | An incompete copper alloy Roman bow-and-fantail brooch of the 1st-2nd centuries AD. the brooch has a sprung pin which is broken near the coil and missing. The spring has 5 coils. The catchplate is in tact and rear facing with a folded pin rest.the wings are short (14.97mm wide) and semi-circular in section. The bow is rectangular in section (7.08mm x 2.84mm) and externaly decorated with two pairs of vertical incised lines down each side. the neck has a thin moulded horizontal band. The foot is triangular in shape with a thin incised line running down the sides and a pair of vertical grooves runing down the centre with puched holes between. A small circular enamelled boss is riveted at each corner, the top one being red enamel and the lower pair, brown enamel. A similar brooch can be seen in Hattatt's 'A Visual Guide to Ancient Broches', (2000), p. 315, no. 820, although the bow is decorated with a single vertical line and only two enamelled bosses.
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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