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Description: | Head and upper part of the bow of an Aesica type Roman brooch. The spring, pin, lower part of the bow and foot are missing. The head has short rectangular wings to shelter the missing spring, D shaped in section with a flat back and curved top, one is slightly broken at the end and they are now 22.6mm wide. In the centre of the head is a projecting double lobed ridge which extends into a prominent ridge running down the centre of the bow. This is drilled twice with circular holes to take the spring and over head chord, the upper hole is by the junction of the head and bow rather than in the second lobe. The upper part of the bow is highly arched, curving through 180 degrees and trapezoid in plan. It widens out from where it meets the head to form two projecting wings which end in oval knops, one larger than the other. The edges (apart from by the head) are slightly concave. In the centre of the lower edge there is a central projecting point which ends in an old break, would have connected this section to the lower part of the bow. There is no evidence the lower part of the bow connected to the head which appears complete. The high central ridge which continued from the head tapers out down this point. The upper edge of the ridge is decorated with regular incised transverse lines. The points of the two upper corners are marked off from the main bow by projecting points on the front face, one now worn. Above these, mid-way between the outer points and centre, are prominent pellets in recessed areas.The brooch is now 21.2mm long, 27.6mm wide and 16.0mm thick; it weighs 9.66 grams.Hattatt illustrates several similar brooches (2001:310) including no.1476 from Lechlade, Gloucestershire which has similar prominent projecting points and ridge and no.795 from Blandford, Dorset,which does not have the knops on the points or decoration on the bow but is otherwise similar and also has the lower bow not attached to the head. Snape (Snape, M.E. 1993 Roman Brooches from North Britain B.A.R. 235) comments that Aesica type brooches were derived from continental thistle or rosette brooches and their findspots are concentrated in the Midlands and central southern England. Bayley and Butcher (2001:151) suggest a mid first century date.
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