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Description: | Head and upper part of the bow of a Roman cast copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch with echos of the Headstud types. The lower part of the bow, foot and pin are missing to patinated breaks. The head is formed of two cylindrical wings with a slot in the centre on the underside for the pin which hinged on a cross bar running through the wings. The head of the pin remains in situ and appears to be iron. One wing is damaged at the end, exposing part of the copper alloy cross bar. The other is over 50% missing with old breaks. The wings taper slightly in diameter towards the ends and are now 31.6mm wide. The remaining sections of the wings are plain.The bow rises in a 90 degree curve from the head before ending in the patinated break. It is realtively flat with a slightly convex front and flat back. On the front starting at the head is an indented central line containing a raised pattern down the centre formed of multiple closely spaced chevrons. Flanking this are three incised diagonal lines running from the central lihe to the edge on each side. These lines end at a large integral stud. The stud consists of a raised outer and inner circle, the edge of the outer circle is slightly damaged and there is no remaining enamel. In the centre is a hole which aligns with a circular indent or hole on the back of the bow. This may hold the remains of a rivet and indicate there was a seperate stud attached on top of the integral one or the piece in there may be wedged in waste and it may always have been a hole. The bow ends in an patinated break just below the stud.The remaining part of the brooch is 18.9mm long and 14.0mm thick and weighs 4.63g.The form of the wings and in particular the hinged pin it is more like local T-shaped brooches than head stud brooches proper. While it is possible this had an attached stud, as on the headstud types the only remaining piece is integral, again more like the developed T-shapes which adopted aspects of other brooch styles. Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c. AD 75-150).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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