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Description: | A fragment of Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Aucissa brooch, consisting of the incomplete wings, head and top of the bow only. All breaks are old. It measures 15.86x13.44mm and weighs 1.6g.The wings are 11.03mm wide with a notch at the centre. One wing curls forwards for the (missing) axis bar, the other wing is broken. In front, the head projects outwards from the wings at 90°. It consists of three horizontal panels, the first and last of which are 13.4mm and 12.5mm long respectively. The middle panel is 10.96mm with incurved ends and roughly twice the width of the other two. The panels may have carried decoration but wear and patination make this difficult to tell. The bow has a pronounced curve below the head. It is 2.38mm thick at the edges with a two raised central mid-ribs either side of a groove. A wider groove flanks the outside ridges. Again these may have carried decoration but wear and patination make this difficult to tell.Cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004, fig.50. The Aucissa brooch (so-called after a number that have been discovered with the maker's name scratched on the head) was introduced with the army in AD 43 and is often known as the 'soldier's brooch' as it appears widely on military sites during the first phase (to AD 70). It has also been found on non-military sites however, and it is likely the type was copied by local manufacturers.
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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