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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary with only the head and upper bow surviving (with a surviving length of 15.8mm, a surviving depth of 11.9mm and a weight of 7.4g). The brooch has a spring, enclosed within the oval-sectioned wings in an 'open cylinder, common to Langton Down type brooches. The short wings have expanded terminals (with a width of 17.8mm and a diameter of 6.8mm x 8.0mm). At the apex of the bow is a flat rectangular panel, decorated with a saltire cross. The upper bow was of sub-rectangular section with straight sides, converging slightly for the short distance to the break (with a width at the head of 6.9mm and a thickness of 5.2mm and 5.4mm x 4.5mm at the break). The surface and any decoration has been lost on the front of the bow. The surface is heavily-pitted and has a dark-green patina with areas of mid-green corrosion.The fragmentary state of the brooch makes typological identification difficult; the open cylinder spring and form of the bow may suggest a variant of the Langton Down type.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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