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Description: | Roman (AD c.43-c.75) Hod Hill brooch: The copper alloy brooch has the mid and lower portion of he bow remaining. The bow has a sub-rectangular portion which is decorated with 5 vertical, wide grooves as decoration. The upper edge of this portion of the bow is broken, possibly recently, although the break does not reveal fresh metal. The lower portion of the bow is narrowed, and is an elongated, inverted, triangle in plan, and this is decorated with horizontal, wide grooves. The reverse of the lower portion of the bow has an incomplete catchplate. The brooch has an incomplete dark green patina with traces of a white metal alloy coating. It measures 36.37mm long, 22.19mm wide and weighs 3.82g.The brooch is a Hod Hill type which dates to the mid 1stto the late 1stcentury (Bayley and Butcher, 2004:151). These type of brooches came into Britain with the army and are common in the Midlands and the South (ibid).Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
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