BROOCH

Unique ID: LVPL-1B0623

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Kraftig Profilierte type, dating to 43-100AD. The brooch is complete apart from its missing pin. The spring has 6 coils and the external chord is intact. The bow is arched with a pronounced button at its centre. The broad head narrows to a neck before widening into its side wings, but does not cover the spring which is held in place by a forward hook. There is a single terminal knob at the foot which has a collar. The catch plate is complete. The brooch is quite corroded but where it remains, the patina is dark green.

A very similar example is known from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 10 no. 37 fig. 6) and another example can be seen in Hattatt (2000; 325; Fig 184, no. 333.

Notes:

This type of brooch is known to have come from Pannonia; an area on the Danube-Rhine frontier. It is thought that 1st century brooches of this type came to England with the 9th Legion who were drafted from Pannonia. This type of brooch are more commonly found in the east of England so it is interesting that this example was found in the north-west.

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Class: Kraftig Profilierte

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 43
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 40 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 7.6 g
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2007

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Frances McIntosh - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Frances McIntosh - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

A resized image of Atherton: Kraftig profilierte type Roman bow brooch, AD43-100

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands
County: Greater Manchester
District: Wigan
Parish: Atherton

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SD6801
Four figure Latitude: 53.50471 Four figure longitude: -2.483928
1:25K map: SD6801
1:10K map: SD60SE
WOEID: 26070
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

References cited

Crummy, N., 1983. Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, pp10, no. 37 fig. 6
Hattatt, R., 2000. A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's ancient brooches Oxford : Oxbow, pp325

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