|
Date: |
|
Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Aucissa brooch with worn catchplate and wings and missing axis bar and pin. No original patina remains and it is very worn.The bow curves out and inwards again in a semi-circle. Below the (missing) wings (which appear to curl underneath the bow to hold the missing axis bar) the bow is 11mm wide. It narrows to 6mm just above the foot. The bow is decorated with tiny punch marks flanking each edge and a raised central mid-rib 1mm wide also decorated with punch marks. At the top of the bow there appears to be a larger circular punch either side of the mid-rib, suggestive of eyes.The foot is 4mm wide narrowing to a point over 14mm. Behind this the broken catchplate extends.Incomplete length 48mm, weighs 3.56g.1st century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
An incomplete and bent Roman…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70)…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Aucissa…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete copper alloy Roman dolphin…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete and bent Roman…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast and tinned…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70)…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete tiny copper alloy Strip-bow…
|