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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman rosette brooch. It is missing the spring, most of the spring casing, and parts of the foot and catchplate due to old breaks. All surfaces are worn with signs of active copper-alloy corrosion. The spring casing is semi-cylindrical in form, missing both ends and upper surface due to old breaks. At the centre of the head is an incomplete but integrally cast projection that would have originally extended to form the spring but is now incomplete. The bow is rectangular in form, oval sectioned and steeply curved. It pierces a central, incomplete disc that has a curved base and extends to the head. Any trace of decoration is now missing due to post-depositional damage and corrosion. After the bow extends through the disc it turns sharply to form the foot. This is flat and in its current form is triangular, tapering to a pointed tip as the result of post-depositional damage. It has molded decoration on the front face comprising at least three vertical flutes or ribs, with traces of a vertical catchplate on the back face. The entire object measures 32.44mm in length, 14.00mm in width, 4.47mm in width at bow, 22.24mm in thickness, and 4.75g in weight.This is an incomplete Rosette brooch of Roman date. It is similar in form to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 52) and in Mackreth (2011: nos. 5808, 13749), and is of 1st century AD date, c.25-65 AD.
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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