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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy bridge type plate brooch dating to the period c. AD 100 - 200. The brooch is missing the pin and part of the catch plate. It measures 35.94mm in length, terminal to foot and has a maximum width of 11.68mm across the bow. It weighs 4.65g.The terminal at the head projects at an angle of roughly 90 degrees from the bow and features a small horizontal ridge 1.46mm from the tip of the terminal. In total the terminal measures c. 7.14mm in length and 2.94mm in width. It is rectangular in plan. Below the terminal is a single pierced lug through which the spring passes. The spring is intact but the body of the pin is missing.The central bow is broadly ovular in plan and a curved arch in profile. It measures 8.39mm in width at the head end, widens to a width of 11.68mm across the widest point and then narrows towards the foot to a width of 8.76mm. The bow is 22.45mm long and 1.97mm thick. The obverse of the bow is decorated by a series of three alternating transverse grooves and ridges above and below a central panel consisting of two transverse ridges decorated by a series of incised diagonal lines flanking a rectangle containing six circular impressions divided into threes by two transverse grooves. The circular impressions may have contained enamel, although there is none remaining. The bow features a serrated border of triangular projections running along both edges which has been damaged in places. The reverse is plain and undecorated.The foot extends from the bottom of the bow and is broadly rectangular in plan with a transverse ridge 2.27mm from the bottom. The foot measures 7.05mm in length and is 2.09mm wide. The catchplate extends from the reverse of the foot and terminates in an old break.A similar brooch from Dorchester has been published (Hattatt 1989: 148, ref: 1602). Hattatt comments that this type of brooch is a peculiar sub-type known to Britain. Many similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including WILT-E12A74, HAMP-3AED24 and IOW-B6D335.
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