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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The brooch has an iron axis bar around which the bow is folded around forming a seam on the upper surface. The fold has a rectangular slot in the centre which reveals a short portion of the pin, the rest is missing. The bow head is decorated with horizontal ribbing and when the bow bends and forms the bow it is decorated with a large central ridge with slight ridges on the lateral edges. The bow tapers to a blunt point. The reverse of the bow has traces of an incomplete catchplate. The surface has traces of a mid green patina, and is also heavily abraded. The fragment measures 38.94mm long, 9.58mm wide and weighs 4.2g.The brooch is probably a Hod Hill type dating to the Roman period. In "Ancient and Romano-British Brooches", (Hattatt, R. 1982, p88) 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 (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p.153) suggest Hod Hill brooches went out of use c.70 AD.
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