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Description: | A cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Hod Hill derivative brooch, with no side lugs.
The brooch has a double rolled pin holder ? both survive intact. The top section of the bow is roughly rectangular in shape (although slightly tapering) and has three well defined vertical ridges running down the front surface. The sides of this rectangular section are corroded and worn and it is possible that side ornaments such as lugs or knops could have broken off.
Below this section the bow tapers and extends down and has been decorated with a number of moulded collars (which only appear on the front surface of the bow). Each collar has further been decorated with a series of parallel incised marks. The foot survives intact but is rather worn and damaged.
In section the brooch is P-shaped, albeit for the missing pin. Traces of silvering survive on the surface of the bow.
The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The catchplate also survives largely intact and triangular in shape. The pin is also missing. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted and corroded. The brooch is now a mid greyish-green colour, with patches of greenish-brown patina.
This type of brooch dates from the 1st century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p322, Fig. 181 and 182. | 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: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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