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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Aucissa brooch of Roman date (AD 1 - AD 70). Length: 37.0mm; width: 10.7mm and 2.0mm thick. Weight: 3.31g.Parts of the head and the catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The pin and axis bar are also missing.The head of the bow expands to a flat sub-rectangular plate, notched at each side and recessed at the centre for the pin. There appears to have been a narrow decorated horizontal panel across the head at its junction with the bow. However, the design has been largely obliterated due to corrosion. The curled-over part of the head which formed the hinge is missing. The bow, characteristically, is strongly arched in side profile (when viewed from the side). At the front the bow has a single deep flute which extends from the head to the top of a short foot which terminates with an integral sub-spherical foot knob. The bow tapers in width from the top towards the foot. At the top the width is 6.3mm and at the foot it has a width of 3.1mm. The rear face of the bow is flat throughout it length. The catch-plate, situated on the rear face of the foot, was probably sub-triangular in plan. However, the curled-over part that secured the pin-tip is missing.The brooch generally has a mid-green patina but is also corroded in places.This brooch is thought to be the first Aucissa type to be recorded in the Isle of Wight.Hattatt (1987, 68-71) comments on the Aucissa type brooch:'It flourished from the Augustan to the end of the Claudian period, and is named after one of the makers who stamped his name on the brooch heads. It is characterised generally by its thin wide long bow with moulded decoration, highly arched, almost semicircular in profile, tapering to a short foot on a returned curve, with a substantial, usually applied foot knob. The triangular catch-plates are unperforated and are limited to the length of the foot. The head of the bow expands to a flat rectangular plate, usually decorated, sometimes perforated or notched, the end of which is curled over to form the hinge. As is usual, variations abound. A considerable number have been found in Britain, some assumedly filtering over the channel prior to the invasion, but mostly coming with the Romans, and ceasing soon after about AD 60. The type was copied, naturally, by native British metalworkers'.
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