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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Aucissa brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is formed from a flat, rectangular panel and is decorated with parallel horizontal hatched ridges flanking two ring and dot designs to either end. The plate splits into two at the back and terminate in worn breaks though would originally have curled over to form an integral hinge for the pin. The pin proper no longer remains. From the front edge of the head plate an integral bow extends with a steeply curved, flat sectioned profile which tapers in width to a blunted pointed foot. The front surface of the bow is decorated with a raised central rib though any further decoration is obscured by wear and a complete catchplate projects from the reverse of the foot of the brooch. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 28.2mm long, 12mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 5.7g.Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.317, fig.176 and date to AD 43 - 75.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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