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Description: | Copper alloy Roman Aesica type brooch, 1st century. The circular sectioned wings are undecorated. The hinged pin is missing. The upper half of the bow bears a central raised rib with a serrated edge. There is a protruding knop on either side of the middle of the bow. There is a raised moulded transverse line belowe this, then the lower half of the bow is undecorated and flares out into a fantail. The right hand corner of the bottom of the bow is bent backwards. The catchplate is complete. Fine brown patina. Length 36.72mm, width (wings) 24.92mm, width (foot) 16.50mm, thickness (overall) 14.54mm, weight 10.00g. There are similar brooches in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue, no.s 1432 & 1478. | 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
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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