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Description: | An incomplete and slightly bent Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy bow brooch, probably an Aucissa variant. It is missing the head, wings and pin. The brooch measures 46.85mm in length and weighs 3.09g.A small fragment 6.97mm wide (recent breaks) of the flat head survives, and the bow below is 6.25x1.80mm, being slightly rounded to the front. Except for a stamped ring-and-dot in the centre at this point, the bow is plain. It narrows to 3.15x1.58mm above the foot, behind which extends the catchplate. The foot has a triangular area at the ankle, decorated with four horizontal grooves. Below it is 1.75mm wide, expanding to a horizontal area 4.64x4.00mm decorated with a groove flanking either horizontal end.The catchplate extends 10mm to the rear.The Aucissa was introduced with the army in AD 43 and is often known as the 'soldier's brooch' as it appears widely on military sites during the first phase (to AD 70). It has also been found on non-military sites however, and it is likely the type was copied by local manufacturers. This would have given rise to variants, of which the curve of the bow, flat head and deep catchplate could be one.
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