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Description: | A near complete copper alloy two-piece head stud bow brooch of Roman date (100-200AD). The wings are complete being cylindrical in plan with closed pierced ends through which an axis bar passes. There is a cylindrical cover between the wings on the reverse and a central wedge has been cut to fit the hinged pin; which is incomplete. The cover seems to be complete and there is no evidence of a seam possibly suggesting it was cast in one piece. The hinged pin is sub-rectangular in cross section and is broken. At the head of the bow, positioned centrally, is an integrally cast loop which is broken and abraded. The bow of the brooch is relatively short and angular; it is an angular D shaped in cross section. The bow tapers along its length and terminates in a small bulbous outurned foot. The catch plate on the reverse face of the bow is incomplete; it expands from a shallow rib below the mid point and is abraded. The pin rest is lost. The brooch is decorated with a number of areas of cast and inlaid decoration. Below the head of the brooch at the point where the bow descends / changes angle (on the hump) is a raised cast circular boss with a further dome centrally positioned. It is possible that the area outside the central boss is decorated with inlaid decayed enamel. Below this 'head-stud' a centrally positioned rib formed of pellets. Either side of this are vertical groves / continuous cell originally filled with either an enamel or glass. These form a central vertical spine which is abraded. Above the foot are a series of cast transverse horizontal bars. The brooch is a mid - dark green colour with a well preserved but abraded patina. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 332 fig; 191 specifically 1523 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain p 168-169.The brooch measures 40.3mm length, 14.3mm width across wings 6.7mm width across bow, is 3.5mm thick at the same point; the brooch weighs 7.15 grams.
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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