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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch of Roman (mid to late 1st century) date.The head-plate is damaged, the axis bar and its cylinder having been lost in antiquity. The top of the surviving portion of the head-plate is decorated with a horizontal band comprising two ridges and two grooves. Beneath this band the sides converge towards the top of the bow, where there is a deeply moulded band of three ridges, separated from each other by two grooves. Adjacent to the base of this upper moulding, there is a second, rectangular, moulding in low relief, with a raised border around its perimeter. The central part of the bow is of rectangular section, has a perimeter groove on each side and decreases in width, towards the bottom. Another moulding of three grooves and two ridges marks the transition between the bow and the semicircular-sectioned foot, the latter of which tapers to a moulded knob. The openwork catchplate, located on the underside of the foot, has a triangular perforation and a rolled outer side. Traces of a white-metal coating adhere to the upper surface of the brooch. The artefact measures 65.2mm long, up to 16.2mm wide, 24.5mm deep and weighs 18.09g.
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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