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Description: | A worn Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Rosette brooch of complex riveted (LĂ©ontomorphe) type, c.25-65 AD. It is missing parts of the central disc, the spring case, catchplate and spring due to old breaks. The spring case is cylindrical in form with traces of an added white metal coating on one front face. It contains the remains of the spring, of which at least 7 coils survive separated by the incomplete pin. Extending forwards from the spring case is a short and integrally cast bow in the form of a crouching lion (sphinx) that is perhaps missing part of its head and has lost any detailed decoration due to the poor preservation of the object. Beneath the bow is the remains of the rosette. This is formed from two thin sheets of copper-alloy that were probably originally circular in shape but are now mostly incomplete due to old breaks. Beneath the rosette is a flat rectangular foot held in place by the same central rivet that pierces the rosette and which has a flattened rectangular head on the back face of the foot. The front face of the foot has moulded vertical grooves and fluted decoration and has extremely worn outer edges. On the back face of the foot is an integral catchplate that is sub-rectangular in form with a small oval shaped perforation and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. This brooch measures 39.01mm in length, 18.44mm in width at wings, 13.67mm in width at rosette, 7.55mm in thickness at bow/lion and weighs 6.31g.Similar parallels to this brooch are noted in Suffolk from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: pp. 92-93, nos. 55-56) and on the PAS database (SF-7B02F4). These indicate a 1st century AD date for the current example, probably c.25-65 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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