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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (probably Dolphin style) brooch with hinged pin of Roman date (55-100AD). This brooch is unusually heavy and also slightly crude with a very wide and thick head. The wings are complete being solid cast and cylindrical in plan. A small hole passes laterally through the wings (diameter: 3.4mm) and holds a copper alloy axis bar. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular shaped slot from which emerges a rectangular sectioned pin which tapers along its length. The pin is broken and distorted. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is elliptical (oval) in cross section. It extends to a broken edge just above the foot knop. The break is patinated suggesting relatively old damage. The catch-plate is lost but at the break it is possible to suggest that the catchplate is formed from a thickening of the section of the lower bow. The brooch is abraded and thickly patinated and surface decoration is difficult to discern. Cast decoration is present at the junction between the bow head and wings; here a slight cast sub-circular ridge is present that may be decorated with a serrated tooth like design. The brooch is a mid green colour with an uneven polished patina which is abraded in many places. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 299 fig; 1587 specifically example 359. The presence of ridges at the junction between the wing and head may indicate that this is a Polden Hill type brooch, but the other features seem to suggest a Dolphin derivative. The brooch measures 41.0mm length, is 26.4mm width across wings, 8.4mm width across bow, is 8.8mm thick across the bow (at the same point). It weighs 21.66 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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