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Description: | A copper alloy, P shaped, divided bow brooch of Roman date, AD 175 - 250. The head of the brooch is a hollow horizontal cylinder, open at the reverse, which would have held the axis bar and spring, but these are missing. The flat ends of the tube are pierced to hold the axis bar. The front of the head is decorated with a row of beading at the top and bottom. The bow is divided into two rectangular sectioned struts which taper slightly from the head to the lower bow. They are both decorated with a very faint incised running scroll along their length. The lower bow unites the two parts of the upper bow and has a two faceted front. It curves forwards. Behind, it is sheath-footed, with a slot and curved catchplate to hole the pin. The lower part of the lower bow and foot are missing. The break is patinated. The brooch is gilded with a very coppery coloured layer of gilding. The brooch is 45.4mm long, 21.5mm wide and 15.6mm thick. 8.94g.An incomplete example of a similar brooch is illustrated in Crummy, 1981.Colchester Archaeological Report Number 2, page 15, number 72.More complete examples of this type of brooch are also recorded on the database: see for example records KENT-F61823 and LANCUM-B7D8F5. Compare also YORYM-4786D1.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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