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Description: | Roman coper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter variant type and 2nd century AD dateThe brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, foot and head-plate and with a distorted leg (with a distorted length of 56.3mm, a depth of 22mm and a weight of 17.9g). The missing pin was hinged between semi-tubular lugs on the rear of the head (with a width of 13.7mm). The lugs have considerably adhering iron corrosion, suggesting an iron axis bar and/or pin was employed. At the head is the remains of a truncated head-plate (with a surviving height of 17.2mm) and the remnant of the start of an integral chain-loop is evident. At the base of the head-plate is a rib enhanced with notches. The D-shaped head has a groove on the side and base. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (11.7mm wide and 5.8mm thick at the head) with straight sides, converging slightly towards the mid-bow. The upper bow is decorated with three enamelled columns containing alternating coloured enamel of red and white. At the base of the enamelled cells is an integral stud, above a chevron stepped moulding, perhaps echoing an off-centre chevron above the cells. The leg is also of D-shaped section, with straight sides converging towards the missing foot with no applied decoration now evident. The leg is distorted to the side but would have arced to the front or inwardly curved. The catch-plate begins at the top of the rear of the leg and has lost the catch. The surface has a dark-green patina with patches of bright-green corrosion.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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