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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Aesica brooch dating to the 1st century AD. It is an open type Aesica brooch with semi-cylindrical wings, the spring and pin are missing. The brooch is 36.5mm in length and weighs 18.12 grams.The wings are 24.6mm wide, C-shaped in cross-section, the reverse of the wings are concave. The ends of the wings are decorated with a single vertical groove.The bow expands from the wing at a ninety degree angle before running towards the foot. A vertical ridge runs along the top of the bow and culminates in an incomplete hook. The brooch is decorated with multiple motifs. The top of the brooch is raised an is similar in plan to an inverted pelta, the outer projections terminate with circular knops. Just above the inverted pelta the bow is decorated with two ring and dot motifs, one either side of the raised vertical ridge. Below the inverted pelta is a raised semi-circle which terminates at the pelta, adjacent to either edge of the raised semi-circle are a further two knops. The bow tapers around the raised semi-circle before expanding towards the foot. The foot is broadly sub triangular in plan and has been decorated with two sets of two parallel ring and dot motifs.The majority of the reverse of the brooch is flat and undecorated. The catchplate is incomplete and is broadly triangular in plan.
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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