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Description: | A fragment of a Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch with side lugs, consisting of the head and probable upper bow only. It measures 20.46x12.12mm and weighs 1.22g.One wing is damaged - they measure 8.08mm and would have originally measured c. 11mm. Below the upper bow is 6.24mm wide and consist of three horizontal mouldings above the 12.14mm wide side lugs. The bow below is 5.99mm wide and the break old.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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