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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Aucissa type, dating AD c.43-70. The head is incomplete and the spring mechanism, pin and catchplate are missing entirely.The complete bow is semi-circular in profile and trapezoidal in cross-section, being flat to the reverse and bevelled on the upper surface, which is decorated longitudinally with two central ribs. The top of the bow widens into a flattened head-piece, roughly triangular in shape (although one corner is missing) but with a small semi-circular notch at each side and a central notch at the long edge for the pin. The head would have folded back on itself to form a tube to hold the iron axis bar, however only one small corner of the tube and an area of iron corrosion remains. The flat area of the head between this and the bow is decorated with three transverse grooves. The bow narrows gradually from the head to the foot, and at the point where the missing catchplate would have extended it narrows very abruptly into a long point, now bent back on itself like a hook.The brooch is a maximum of 14.9mm wide at the head, 7.7mm wide at the top of the bow and 3.9mm wide where the bow meets the foot, after which it narrows abruptly to a point. The bow is a maximum of 2.3mm thick. The brooch is 39.9mm long and 21.4mm wide in profile and weighs 3.22g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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