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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type. It is mainly complete but the pin is missing. It is a hinged example and the catchplate is complete. The head is stepped and the headloop is complete. The headloop has a pointed top and so is not quite circular. There are two steps which are incised with vertical lines. The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels. The central panel is decorated with incised horizontal lines while the outer two are plain. The upper bow meets the lower bow with a triangluar point. The lower point tapers towards the foot. The foot consists of four semi-circular moulded discs, two larger ones in the centre with a narrower one above and below.This is an interesting variant of the Wirral type. It has raised vertical panels instead of those inset with enamel. More of this variant group are coming to light and it is helping with our understanding of the development of the type although at the moment we have no definite dating of the type.
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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