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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill brooch with bottom side lugs, consisting of the lower bow and part of the upper bow and an incomplete catchplate. It measures 34.54mm in length and 20.31mm in max.width (across the side lugs), and weighs 2.2g.The surviving upper bow is decorated at the centre with three longitudinal ribs and a rib flanking the lug projecting to each side. One lug is bent backwards.Below is the lower bow with a transverse rib close to either end. It narrows from 7.06mm to 3.07mm and has a semi-circular foot projecting at the bottom, tilted slightly forwards.To the rear is the incomplete catchaplate.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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