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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Aesica Romano-British brooch. The wings of the brooch are flat. They are possibly decorated with a raised diagonal moulding to either end, but the brooch is too worn to state this with any conviction. To the rear of the brooch head there is no visible remains of the spring attachment. A small worn knop may be the remains of a rearward facing hook (as seen in Dolphin type brooches) but so little remains it is impossible to rule out the lugged fittings normally seen on Colchester type brooches. The spring and pin are entirely missing. The bow of the brooch is rectangular in plan and curves downwards quite sharply. It is decorated with at least three incised lines, though again is much worn. Beneath the bow, the body of the brooch continues into an inverted triangular plate. The junction of bow and plate is decorated with two transverse incised lines; otherwise the triangular portion is plain. The leg and foot of the brooch which we expect to expand from this triangular portion is entirely missing. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The catch plate is on the missing portion. The object is abraded and the brooch now has a mid green patina with exposed lighter green surfaces. Break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. It is 23.4mm long, 18.84mm wide and weighs 3.83g. Hattatt, 1985, Iron Age and Roman brooches, page 45, explains that brooches of this type were in fashion just before the invasion and continued to about AD 60. Example 292 has similar elements to the brooch recorded here. | 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: | 40
60 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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