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Description: | A Roman copper alloy incomplete Hod Hill brooch (c.AD 43-70). The pin and foot are missing. The bow is decorated with the characteristic fluting and horizontal ridges with a square central section with a vertical ridge up the centre, only stubs remain of the two projecting lugs. The top of the bow is rolled back to form the case for an iron axis bar (no longer present) that would secure the pin (also no longer present). The shape of the brooch has been distorted through damage but it appears that the profile of the bow curved slightly then had a right angle so the bow sat flat. The lower bow is angled towards the foot and is decorated with parallel bands of transverse grooves. The copper alloy has a mid green patina and small patches of gilding are visible.
Identification by Geoff Egan, PAS Finds Advisor Medieval and Post Medieval. | 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
70 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Kate Sumnall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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