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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy strip bow brooch of Late Iron Age to Roman date (c. AD 25 - 75). One of the wings, the pin, the lower leg, the foot and the catchplate are missing. It measures 21.24mm in length, 12.41mm maximum width, 7.97mm minimum width, is 2.96mm thick and weighs 1.28g.The head exhibits an incomplete rolled wing which is rolled forwards. The other wing is missing due to old damage and has broken along the line of the cental pin slot for the missing hinged pin mechanism. The bow tapers in width from the head and terminates in an old break. It exhibits three parallel longitudinal lenticular grooves, the outer two of which are each incised with a series of horizontal grooves.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 319, nos. 341 & 341b.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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