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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman birdlip brooch. The head is trumpet-shaped, curved in profile and concave to the reverse. There is moulded scroll decoration on the outer face. The method of pin attachment is unclear because this part of the head is heavily corroded. Below the head there is a collar formed from two discs, the upper slightly smaller than the lower. Below this the lower bow is straight with a narrow beak-like protrusion extending outwards from the base of the collar. The remains of the catchplate can be seen to the reverse of the bow. The metal survives in fairly good condition.The pin fitting appears likely to be sprung, suggesting that it probably belongs to Mackreth's (2011, pl.5) Type 4.1b, which dates from the early to the middle decades of the 1st century AD.Length: 33.34mm, width of head: 10.12mm, thickness of head: 10.56mm, width of bow: 5.89mm, weight: 5.80g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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