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Description: | A bent and incomplete Late Iron Age/ early Roman (AD 25-60/70) copper alloy strip bow brooch, missing part of one wing, the axis bar, the pin and the lower bow and catchplate. It measures 40.2mm in (bent) length and weighs 3.53g.The wings span 16.8mm, with the damaged wing missing its reverse-curl and the surviving reverse-curl on the other wing being bent backwards. The slot for the pin is max.2.1mm wide.Beyond the wings the head angle downwards. It is 0.7mm thick with jagged edges to either side. Towards the base of the head, close to where the bow extends, on either side is a raised circular ring c.2.4mm in diameter with a tiny c.0.5mm diameter hole at the centre. One of these (on the wing bent backwards) is rather damaged and both are situated at the edge.From the head the bow extends, max.1.8 mm thick and narrowing from 8.8mm to 5.3mm at the old break, which is very straight and perhaps a cut. The bow has a slight curve and is bent just below the centre, possibly recent damage as the shiny copper-colour of the metal is apparent at this point. The bow has two longitudinal grooves at the centre, V-shaped in cross-section and decorated with transverse grooves.The strip brooch is a derivative of the Aucissa brooch and native to Britain, being more common in Dorset, Wiltshire and the Somerset and Avon areas (although a number have been discovered in Oxfordshire and further north). On this particular brooch, the raised rings are particularly interesting, being a feature of some Aucissa and variant brooches (cf. Hattatt, 2000; 304, 305, 834).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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