2004-03-09 15:25:13 Mark Lodwick mlodwick 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW-DE11F3 Bow brooch Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with tubular wings enclosing a copper alloy axis bar. The wings have not been cast at a right angle to the bow, and also slope towards the rear of the head. The wings are decorated with vertical mouldings. The top of the head has a simple chain loop, which is now broken. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section, and was decorated with short irregular incised lines. The button is unusual and is composed of a flat oval panel with an incised border defining a central chevron. The chevron panel contains four recessed U-shaped cells around a central circular cell, forming a floral motif. The recessed cells are likely to have contained enamel. The lower bow is decorated with short incised lines to the moulded foot. The catch-plate arcs from the rear of the button, and the rear of the catch is decorated with an incised zigzag line. Traces of silvering or tinning survive on some of the surface. Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with tubular wings enclosing a copper alloy axis bar. The wings have not been cast at a right angle to the bow, and also slope towards the rear of the head. The wings are ... The brooch can be best paralleled with Hattatt’s (1987) Nos. 918-9, Hull’s Type 122. The decoration on the button of this example is slightly different with the arrangement of the U-shaped cells within a chevron as apposed to two triangular cells in a lozenge. Other features on the brooch are similar. Copper alloy ROMAN ROMAN 50 200 20.2 51.1 14.8 Incomplete 2004-03-09 15:25:13 VALE OF GLAMORGAN Vale of Glamorgan Llancarfan POINT( ) ST07SW ST0271 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 NMGW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.