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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) tinned copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, consisting of the lower bow (now bent to one side) and catchplate, the central moulding and a small part of the upper bow. It measures 39.65mm in length and 8.45mm in max.width, and weighs 2.9g.The surviving upper bow is decorated with four longitudinal ribs, the two central ones of which are slightly more prominent. It measures 7.84mm wide. Below the central area is waisted (c.6mm) either side of a curving rib, semi-circular in shape. The lower bow measures 8.06mm wide below the central area and is triangular in shape. It narrows to 2.34mm above the foot, which is 3.46mm wide and decorated with two transverse ribs, the bottommost one of which is thicker.The triangular catchplate extends to the rear at the centre of the lower bow. A groove flanks the edge on one side. In "Late Iron Age and Roman Brooches", Worrell (1998, p9) notes that Hod Hill brooches are closely related to Aucissa brooches from which they probably developed. They occur widely on the continent, particularly in Gaul and the Rhineland (ibid.). The main centre of production was probably Gaul, but some were probably made in Britain (ibid.). They are often associated with military sites and probably introduced to Britain by the Roman army, although they are also found on non-military sites (ibid.). Hod Hill brooches are known from post-conquest depositions and the type is better known on the continent. Bayley & Butcher (2004, p.153) suggest Hod Hill brooches went out of use c.70 AD.
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