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Description: | Cast copper-alloy Aesica brooch. Roman period (AD50-75). Mass: 9.9g; length: 37.3mm; width: 16.1mm; depth: 16.0mm. The brooch has a horizontal wing-case adjoining a high arched bow, with an oval moulding at the base of the bow, and a fantail footplate. The spring is secured by an axis bar which runs through a central lug at the rear of the spring case. The pin is missing. There is a loop on the head holding the external chord. This loop is part of a median tapering rib which runs down the bow, either side of which is a channel. There is a catchplate at the rear of the footplate, with an incomplete bent-over pin rest. There has been some loss of material from the edges of the brooch, particularly on the bow, and the broken footplate has been re-attached. The brooch has a well developed green patina, with brown adhesions and a white metal coating. The brooch has been coated with a waxy substance. In, "Late Iron Age and Roman Brooches", Worrell (unpublished) suggests that the type probably derived from the Rosette or Thistle brooch, and was possibly created in the midlands or the south-west (p.15). Worrell dates Aesica brooches to AD50-75 (idid.)
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