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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Hod Hill or possibly Strip Bow type, c. 1st century AD. The fragment consists of a simple rolled back hinge tube, which would have held an axial pin mechanism connecting to the pin running out through a gap in the centre. A portion of the hinge mechanism is still intact in the more complete right side of the tube; the pin is completely missing and the left side of the tube has broken almost completely off. The upper fragment of the brooch is flat and decorated simply with two thin raised horizontal lines followed by a raised ridge running down the centre of what is left of the brooch body, created by two raised vertical lines. Except for the circular-sectioned hinge tube at the head of the brooch, the rest of the brooch is flat in section as well. A portion of the brooch near its break has been slightly twisted. In addition to its pin, most of the hinge mechanism and left tube, the brooch is missing the majority of its body, foot and potential catchplate. It measures 17.07 mm long, 17.09 mm wide (maximum), 3.33 mm thick and weighs 1.45 grams.Although the style of this brooch is similar to many examples from the Aucissa type (cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004, Fig. 50), the flat cross-section of the brooch and its remaining detail seem to be most similar to examples of the Hod Hill and simple Strip Bow type (cf. Ibid, Figs. 55, 61).
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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