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Description: | An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy Aucissa type brooch (AD 43-70). The rolled-forward cylindrical wings and the rectangular head are incomplete. The cylinder would have contained an iron axis bar for the copper-alloy pin. The bow is strongly arched in side profile and the flat head projects outwards from the wings at 90° The bow curves steeply downwards and then curves back to the start of the now missing foot. At the front, the bow has lateral mouldings running down the length. The rear face of the bow is flat. the pin is also missingThe Aucissa brooch (so-called after a number that have been discovered with the maker's name scratched on the head) 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. A variety of Aucissa brooches have been published. Cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004: 67, fig. 50; Hattatt 1989: 317, fig. 176).
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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