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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British bow and fan tail brooch. This brooch has tubular wings, which are almost complete except for slight damage to the extremity of the right hand wing (when viewed front facing). In its current state there is a slot in the middle of the tube, through which the remains of the bar of the copper alloy hinged pin can be seen. Presumably this slot was where the pin shaft emerged from, but this is now entirely missing. The bow of the brooch is rectangular in plan, narrow with a subtle curve. It is decorated with a raised mid ridge which has triangular crenellation. The foot is straight and fan shaped and ends with a raised rib across the very bottom. It is decorated with two punched ring and dots at the bottom with a larger, single ring and dot at the top of the foot. The curled catchplate is solid and complete. The brooch retains its original surface and is mid green in patina with tiny flashes of bright bronze (it has been treated since discovery). The tubular wings have significant patches of dark brown on the reverse side. The brooch is 33.62mm long, of which 15.98 is the fan shaped foot. It is 15.98mm wide across the wings, 5.72mm wide across the bow, 2.2mm thick and weighs 2.83g. Brooches of this type date from the 1st to 2nd century. However, this brooch probably belongs to a variety local to East Anglia that is characterised by the narrow bow, straight fan shaped foot and dotted punch marks. This group is believed by Hattatt to be early in the series of forms and probably dates to 60-80AD. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt 1985, figure 461, numbers 464 and 465. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 60
80 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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