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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch with bottom side lugs, missing its pin and the curl of the catchplate. It measures 53.01mm in length and weighs 7.9g. It is probably slightly squashed as it now appears rather flat.The wings are 15.94mm in width with a central slot for the pin. They curl forwards to hold the axis bar, which remains in the form of iron corrosion. The head is triangular in shape, narrowing to the 8.79mm wide collar at the top of the upper bow.The upper bow expands into a triangle shape, with side knops at the widest part to give a max. width of 22.91mm. The upper bow is decorated with four longitudinal ribs. Below the widest part is a double collar,11.21 and 8.91mm in width, and the lower bow extends beneath. This is triangular in section, being flat to the reverse with the remains of the catchplate extending behind. It is 5.67mm wide beneath the collar, narrowing to 2.27mm above the foot.The foot is a double-moulding,3.55mm wide above 5.02mm wide, both rounded to the front.In "Late Iron Age and Roman Brooches", Worrell (1998, p9) notes that Hod Hill brooches are closely related to Aucissa brooches from which they probably developed. They occur widely on the continent, particularly in Gaul and the Rhineland (ibid.). The main centre of production was probably Gaul, but some were probably made in Britain (ibid.). They are often associated with military sites and probably introduced to Britain by the Roman army, although they are also found on non-military sites (ibid.). Hod Hill brooches are known from post-conquest depositions and the type is better known on the continent. Bayley & Butcher (2004, p.153) suggest Hod Hill brooches went out of use c.70 AD.
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