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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Hod Hill style brooch of early Roman date (43-100 AD). The brooch is incomplete having lost the upper part of the head, including hinge fitting, axis bar and sprung pin; the break is old and patinated. Originally the head of the brooch consisted of a set of cylindrical wing like projections which have been rolled to form a rube for the axis bar. Below the pin fitting the brooch is broadly sub-rectangular being formed from a single relatively flat plate which tapers and expands along its length. Positioned at the upper corners of the plate are two small side knop-like projections. The upper part of the front plate is decorated with a cast pattern of vertical ribs. Beneath this are a series of horizontal bands, some of which are plain, whilst others decorated with cast annulets or vertical ribs. The catchplate extends from the lower part of the bow and is badly abraded; it is formed from a vertical cast rib. The brooch is a dark mid green colour with an even polished but abraded patina. This abrasion is probably caused by movement in the plough soil and has resulted in damage around the extremities of the brooch. Similar Hod Hill brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 322 fig; 181: a good comparison is reference 321 from Cheltenham Gloucestershire, or 852 Silchester, HampshireThe brooch fragment measures 44.6mm length, 20.5mm maximum width across the knops 9.5mm wide across plate, and is 2.1mm thick also across the bow. It weighs 4.29 grams.
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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