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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Aucissa or Hod Hill series bow brooch. The lower half of the bow, foot and pin are all missing due to old breaks. The iron axis bar is held within the terminal end of the brooch, which if folded forwards. This terminal has a small rectangular notch at its centre where the now missing pin would have hinged. A flat rectangular headplate is visible beneath the folded terminal, with double transverse grooves containing uncertain moulded decoration. The rectangular bow has two prominent transverse ridges where it joins the headplate, beneath which the front face has a central rib with flutes to either side. The back face is flat and undecorated. The entire object shows signs of extensive corrosion and encrustation. It measures 25.62mm in length, 15.74mm in width, 4.22mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 3.75g.This is an Aucissa/Hod Hill series brooch with parallels noted in Hattatt (1989: nos. 43, 56, 854, 1499). It is of 1st century AD date, c.43-100 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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