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BROOCH
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The British Museum, Michael Byard, 2019-12-19 17:27:17
Title
BROOCH
Description
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A foot fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch catchplate, triangular in shape with a cut-out section in the catchplate dating to the period of the 1st to 2nd Century AD.

The bow of the brooch is D-shaped in cross section with a flat reverse and convex front. The bow is also narrow with a maximum width of only c.4.0mm wide at its break which narrows further still evenly to a minimum width of c.3.0mm at the brooch's plain, pointed and rounded foot. The bow is entirely plain.

The catchplate of the brooch project c.9.0mm from the back of the bow and is triangular in shape. The catchplate is flat barring its outer edge which curves over 180 degrees to create a groove in which the pin would have rested. The catchplate is also pierced by a triangular hole.

Overall, the surviving fragment of brooch is 46.0mm long, 12.3mm thick and weighs 3.73 grams.

The plainness of the fragment make it hard to be certain on the brooch's original form. However it is similar to that found on OXON-B86D14 which is a Polden Hill type brooch. Further similalr examples of the same type are illustrated by Hattat (2000: 300) No.26 and Mackreth (2011: 52-53) No. 2060, 1731. This type of brooch is dated to c.AD 75-175 in both these sources.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 75 and 175
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FindIdentifier: 986135
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1085866
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1085866/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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Object location51° 51′ 21.24″ N, 1° 30′ 41.69″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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