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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch (AD 43-75).The shaft of the pin is missing.The head of this brooch is curled forwards to accommodate an iron axis bar for the pin. The shaft of the copper-alloy pin is missing but the loop survives within the pin slot at the head. The head narrows in width and then expands to the bow which has side arms that are probably complete. At the front, the bow has a vertical rib flanked on either side by a vertical groove. In appearance, the rib extends downwards to the base of the slightly forward projecting leg. At the rear of the leg there is an incomplete catch-plate of which the curled over part is missing.This brooch is drab green and reddish brown and has traces of a mid-green patina.Height: 36.73mm; width of bow including the side arms: 16.28mm; thickness of the centre of the bow: 2.19mm. Weight: 2.50g.Hod Hill brooches with side arms have been illustrated and published (Bayley & Butcher 2004: 71, fig. 53; Hattatt 1989: 322, fig. 181).
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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