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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) tinned copper alloy Hod Hill brooch with bottom side lugs, consisting of the lower bow and part of the upper bow. It measures 38.01mm in length and 15.99mm in max.width, and weighs 2.9g. The brooch is slightly bent.The surviving upper bow is decorated with four longitudinal ribs, the two central ones of which have tiny transverse grooves. At the base of the upper bow projects one side lug which is bent backwards, and a fragment of another which has broken.Below is a fracture at the top of the lower bow, beyond which are three transverse ribs (7.01mm wide). The bow below is plain and narrows to 2.41mm wide at the ankle. The foot is angled forwards and consists of a double ridge, 4.20mm wide and 5.80mm wide.The triangular catchplate extends to the rear, missing its curl. Tinning survives to much of the front surface.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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