Record ID: NMGW-85A1F6 - ROMAN bow brooch

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Bow brooch

Unique ID: NMGW-85A1F6

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Roman T-Shaped brooch

Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped variant type and probably dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and has a surviving length of 27.01mm and weighs 7.9g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord was tensioned through a perforated lug on the head. The wings have a width of 26.11mm. The ends of the wings are angled to the rear and the front is decorated with vertical mouldings. The perforated lug has a smaller decorative (solid) lug in front. The head projects horizontally (for 9.3mm, with a width of 9.3mm), before turning at a right angle to the front of the bow. The bow is of rectangular section with straight sides converging towards the leg. The bow is decorated with three rectangular recessed cells, which would have held enamel. The panel has a grooved border. Two leaf mouldings are present on the bow before the break, where the bow is of D-shaped section. The brooch has good surface preservation with a dark green patina and evidence of silvering or tinning over much of the brooch. The forward projecting head is unusual and difficult to parallel.

Class: T-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Length: 27.01 mm
Width: 26.11 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Vale Of Glamorgan
District: Vale Of Glamorgan
Parish: Wenvoe

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: ST0871
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2006

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2006.60.1

References cited

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