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Description: | Incomplete Roman cast copper alloy brooch of an unclassified type, an Aecisa varient. It has a semi-circular spring cover at the head, now worn with one wing missing entirely to an old break. Probably part of a Polden Hill type cylindrical spring cover. The bow is flat on the back with a D shaped section and curved upper side in profile. The upper part is oval in plan with a very prominent rectangular ridge running down the centre for half the length ending in a squared end. The ridge is decorated on top with grooves outlining a rectangular panel which is divided by multiple incised diagonal lines. The oval upper part of the bow is divided from the lower half by a waist (constiction) and an incised transverse line.The lower part is a flat triangular tail with the outer corners lost to old breaks. At the centre of the tail is a raised triangular rib, D shaped in section with a curved top, at the waist it takes up the width of the lower plate, narrowing to a point at the bottom edge. This trianglar rib is decorated with regularly spaced incised curved transverse lines and flanked by a slight squared line border. There is a worn, plain, catchplate on the back running from just below the waist to the end; the bent over top is lost to old breaks. It is 30.1mm long, 13.3mm wide at the head and 9.6mm thick; it weighs 5.97 grams.Hattatt (1987:292-3) illustrates an identical example, no.1275, from Wiltshire which he groups with other unclassified brooches and suggests is a mixture of the Dolphin and Aesica/Rossete types. Bailey and Butcher (2004:150-151) discuss the Aesica type and its varients and suggest they are local response to the Rosette booches dating to the mid-later 1st century 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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