Record ID: HAMP467 - ROMAN brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP467

Object type certainty: Certain

Circular umbonate brooch with separate rivet. Raised concentric moulded border at rim edge and at centre; between which is a band of stamped decoration consisting of continuous S's. The central decoration, which is separately made and riveted on, resembles the hub of a wheel. Humped arms or spokes radiate out from a conical boss which rises to a small flattened knob; slightly broken. The face of the disc is gilded and the reverse is white metal plated. The missing spring pin is attached to a single plate. Upper surface badly affected by bronze disease, otherwise in good condition.

Notes:

This is an unusual form of disc brooch. Other examples have been noted from Caerwent (Barnett 1954), Lakenheath (British Museum no. 834-46) and Woodcutts, Dorset (Pitt-Rivers 1887, 41 no. 5 pl. X).

Class: Disc
Sub class: Wheel type

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 23 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Stamped [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE OWSLEBURY

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2000

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