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Description: | A Roman Bow-and-Fantail type brooch (AD c. 75-100): The copper alloy brooch has tubular wings with a central vertical slot on the reverse. The wings hold the copper alloy axis bar, and fitting within the tubular slot is the hinged pin, which is incomplete. Integral to the upper edge of the wings is an incomplete head loop. The bow head is a sub-rectangular in plan and the bow protrudes from the centre. The upper portion of the bow is curved, sub-square in section and is undecorated. The lower portion of the bow is triangular in plan and decorated on the outer face with a transverse ridge, below which there are two semi-circular cells joined on the convex edges. In the field below these cells there is a triangular platform, otherwise the field is in low-relief and was probably filled with enamel originally. On the reverse of the lower portion of the bow there is an incomplete solid catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a well-developed, light green patina. On there bow head there is traces of a white metal coating. It measures 33.87mm long, 14.33mm wide across the wings and weighs 6.34g.The brooch is a Bow-and-Fantail type. As Bayley and Butcher (2004, 168) note, this is a 'very uniform type' with a 'distribution... mainly in the East Midlands, extending northwards'. As a result of this limited distribution, the brooch's uniformity and generally consistent composition it is suggested that these brooches may have been the product of a single workshop. The motif on the lower portion of the bow also classifies it is a Celtic type of Bow and Fantail brooch.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough CollectionLondon: Society of Antiquaries
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