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Description: | a copper alloy Roman P-shaped brooch fragment. It has the remains of a semi-cylindrical spring case with a projecting central knop with a flat collar, and the upper part of the bow. Despite surface corrosion traces of moulded linear decoration are present along the spring case and below, at the junction with the top of the bow, which is flat-backed. There is a longitudinal recess down the centre of the bow, 20mm in length and 3.75mm wide, in the centre of which is a circular rivet hole (3.75mm diameter). There is further moulding at the base of the bow, and a short projecting lip, before the bow terminates, due to old breaks. The leg, foot, catchplate and pin are all missing. The fragment measures 37.2mm in length and 18.79mm in width across the spring case. The bow width is 7.8mm, and the object weighs 4.24g. Examples of P-shaped brooches illustrated by Hattatt show a type with knobbed decoration formed on a separate metal strip and attached by a single central rivet. Hattatt no.494, provenanced from Bury St Edmunds, is similar but has a wider and more pronounced bow, whilst no.1252, from Cirencester, is similar in width, but with a thicker bow. A date in the late second - early third centuries is suggested.
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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