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Description: | A cast copper alloy 2nd century AD, Aucissa derivative brooch. The brooch is a bridge type plate brooch. The brooch has a highly arched rectangular form, believed to have derived from the 1st century imported Aucissa brooches.
The brooch has decoratively moulded finials at the top and bottom. The surface of the brooch is tinned. The main rectangular plate of the brooch has been highly decorated. The decorative elements have been divided into three fields. The central field has two bands of opposing triangles; each triangle has been infilled with enamel. The middle two appear to be yellow, whilst the outer four are red. The fields either side of the central field have been decorated with parallel lines of tin inlaid into the copper alloy surface. There are five strips of tin in each band.
Behind the finials a double lug pin holder survives and on the other finial the remains of catchplate can be seen. The pin is missing. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted and corroded.
This type of brooch dates from the 2nd century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 1982, p149, 143. | 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: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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