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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Roman date (AD 43 - AD 100). Probably a Hod Hill type. Length 29mm, width of wings 13.5mm, maximum thickness of bow 2.6mm. Weight 4.19g. The head of the brooch is turned over in a forwards direction to form tubular wings to accommodate an iron axis bar. Mid-way along the length of the wings is a slot for the hinged pin which is missing. The axis bar survives within the folded parts only. Between the wings and the bow there is a plain zone which has a depth of about 3.0mm. The sides of this area are slightly indented. The bow is moulded at the front and is more or less rectangular in plan, having a length of 15.0mm and a width of about 10.0mm. The moulded decoration consists of a central vertical rib flanked on either side by a much smaller rib that has tiny repetitive punch marks that create a beaded pattern. At each side of the punched ribs is a vertical groove. Below the rectangular part are two transverse moulded ribs that do not extend around to the rear face. The upper moulding is more prominent than the lower moulding and beneath the lower moulding there is an old break. The rear face of the brooch is flat and viewed form the side it is mildly arched. At the bottom, to the rear of the two transverse mouldings, just a small stub of the upper part of the catch-plate has survived. The break on the catch-plate is also old. The piece is corroded and does not have a patina. | 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: | 43
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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