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Description: | An extremely worn and incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch, probably of Aucissa type. It is missing parts of the wings, bow, foot, axis bar, pin and catcplate due to old breaks. The brooch has a flat, rectangular head that is heavily corroded and incomplete. At one side are the remains of a rolled section that would have held in place the now missing axis bar. The bow is triangular in section with a flat back, moulded front face and is curved in profile terminating in old breaks towards the foot. The front face of the bow has the remains of a prominent central rib but any further decoration is now missing due to the poor preservation of the surface. The entire object is missing many of its exterior surfaces due to corrosion and there are traces of lgith green corrosive copper-alloy products on some surfaces. The brooch measures 32.99mm in current length, 14.51mm in width at head, and weighs 2.43g. A similar Hod Hill brooch is noted at Roman Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 28) and parallels might also be noted in Aucissa brooches published by Hattatt (1989: nos. 832-833). These indicate a 1st century AD date for the current example.
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