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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catch and part of the pin (with a surviving length of 37.5mm, a surviving depth of 9.6mm and a weight of 10.5g). The pin (with a surviving length of 13.7mm) is hinged within comparatively long tubular wings (with a width of 42.3mm and a diameter of 5mm) around a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are decorated with vertical groove and ribs, enhanced with S-punched marks. The upper bow has straight sides converging towards the break on the leg (with a width at the head of 12.9mm and at the break of 4.5mm). The front of the bow is decorated with two deep grooves and flanked by ribs, each of which is enhanced with a rib in sunken relief. The side ribs appear to have been knurled while the central rib is plain. There is a transverse rib and groove at the base of the bow, suggesting the bow has broken through a button. The rear of the bow is concave across its width (with a thickness of 2.2mm and a depth of 3.5mm). The surface is corroded with a pale-green corrosion and traces of a tinned or silvered surface survive mostly on the wings.The brooch generally corresponds with Hull's Type 104 of T-shaped type but is without the side mouldings on the upper bow. Hull's Type 104 brooches have a distribution concentrated around the Lower Severn.
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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