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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative (Polden Hill style) brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is likely that the pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to an incomplete rearward facing hook. The remnant of this hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The reverse of the head of the brooch (between the two wings) has a relatively deep (7.7mm deep) oval shaped recess. The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It tapers to a relatively recent break above the foot. The catch plate, pin rest and foot knop are all missing. The catchplate extends from a vertical rib which starts below the head of the brooch. The remains of the catch plate have been badly affected by abrasion in the ploughsoil. The brooch measures 39.4mm length, 26.2mm width (across wings), 11.5mm width across bow, is 7.4mm thick across the bow and weighs 15.82 grams. The brooch is decorated with a number of both cast and applied motifs. These have all too some extent been obscured by a combination of corrosion and abrasion. The head of the brooch is decorated with two vertical ribs which extend / sweep from the rearward facing hook toward the foot of the brooch. Between these ribs are the indistinct remains of a number of small incised annulets - these have been removed from most of the brooch by the corrosion / abrasion. The other visible decoration consists of two large ribs at the junction between the brooch and the wing casing. The brooch is a dark green colour with an even but much abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred it is most evident on the external faces of the brooch. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 300 fig; 159 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain pp 89-92.
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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