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Description: | The lower bow and foot from a copper alloy Hod Hill style brooch of early Roman date (43-75AD). The brooch is incomplete having lost the upper bow as well as the head, including hinge fitting, axis bar and sprung pin; the break is old and patinated. The brooch fragment is broadly sub-rectangular being formed from a single relatively flat plate which tapers along its length. The bow terminates in a turned bulbous knop. The catchplate extends from the lower part of the bow and is abraded; it is formed from a vertical cast rib. The pin rest is lost. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with a central recessed panel, beneath this are a series of horizontal mouldings (ribs). The outer edges of the bow are further decorated with a series of knops producing a regular serrated edge. The brooch is a light mid green colour with an even 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 323 fig; 182: a good comparison is reference 847The brooch fragment measures 31.4mm length, 7.4mm maximum width across the plate, and is 1.7mm thick also across the bow. It weighs 2.00 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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