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Description: | Foot and lower part of the bow of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Hod Hill type. The bow and foot are D shaped in section with a flat back and convex front with a slight ridge down the centre. The foot is plain with a square end which is slightly damaged but probably almost complete. On the back it has the remains of a catchplate, only a short stub remains. Above the foot the bow is decorated with a series of raised transverse ribs. In the remaining section are a group of three wide ribs 11.6mm wide as compared to a bow width of 6.5mm this group is flanked by a smaller rib above and below, these do now project beyond the width of the bow. The upper part of the bow and head are lost to an old break. It is 25.2mm long, 7.9m, thick and weighs 2.46 grams.Bayley and Butcher (2004:72, 78-9) illustrate a range of Hod Hill brooches with similar ribbed decoration on the bow, their types a, e and f, suggest they date to the middle years of the first century AD, 40-60 AD (ibid:153)
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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