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Description: | Incomplete cast 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, pin and spring are lost. It is likely that the spring would have been secured by the external chord to a rearward facing hook, the remnants of which are located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. There is a large sub-oval cast hollow present on the reverse of the head of the brooch, this is heavily stained with an iron corrosion product possibly suggesting that the pin / spring was formed from iron. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a broken edge above the foot. The catch-plate, lower bow and foot are missing. The brooch measures 51.2mm length, 23.5mm width across wings, 7.1mm width across bow, is 5.4mm thick across the bow, and weighs 17.9 grams. It is likely that the brooch was originally decorated with a number of motifs; however these have been lost through a combination of abrasion and corrosion. Remnants of annulet chains and ridges are present at the junction between the bow and wings. The brooch is a mid green brown colour with a much abraded and corroded patina. Where abrasion has occurred a light brown surface is present. This is most evident on the external faces of the brooch. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch. Similar, better preserved 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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