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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age or early Roman strip bow brooch dating to the period c. ad 25 - 75. The wings are incomplete and the pin is missing. The brooch measures 65.04mm in length, 13.84mm maximum width, 0.63mm minimum width, is 13.71mm thick (including catchplate) and weighs 5.69g.The head exhibits a central pin slot flanked on either side by the remains of the rolled wings, which terminate in old breaks. The bow tapers from the head to the foot and is decorated by a groove running down each of the long sides, both of which terminate at the leg. The leg exhibits a single horizontal groove running across it. The catchplate projects from the reverse of the foot and terminates in an old break.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 319, no. 341.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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