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Description: | A cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Hod Hill derivative brooch, with side lugs. Traces of silvering survive on the surface of the brooch.
The brooch has a double rolled pin holder, both survive intact. An iron pin remains in situ inside the rolled pin holder. Iron corrosion can be seen along the head of the brooch and at either end of the rolled pin holder. A copper alloy pin extends upwards (out of it original position) from the head, it is now corroded solid.
A collar then joins the pin holder to the head proper. The head proper is roughly rectangular in shape. It has been decorated with vertical ridges. One main ridge can be seen down the centre, flanked by two on either side. The central ridge has been decorated with an indeterminate design. Extending out from the lower part of the head there is a pair of side lugs, one on each side.
The bow then gets thinner and projects out slightly with a small lip, before thinning again to a collar. Below the collar there is a long shield shaped section, which terminates at the foot of the brooch, with a pair of collars.
The catchplate survives intact. The catchplate is large and solid, albeit for a hole which has been punched through the metal plate.
The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted and corroded.
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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