NMGW-63E170: Roman bow brooch of T-shaped type

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMGW-63E170

Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st -2nd century AD date
The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catch-plate and pin (with a surviving length of 33.0mm, a surviving depth of 9.2mm and a weight of 3.2g). The top of the hinged pin survives between the tubular wings, now slightly truncated (with a surviving width of 16.2mm and a diameter of 3.0mm). There is no decoration now discernible on the wings. A small stub on the head of the brooch is likely to be the remnants of an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is convex across its width and has a grooved border. The sides are straight and gradually convergent to the leg (with a width at the head of 8.8mm and a thickness of 1.8mm). The rear of bow has a subtle vertical groove. The front of the bow is decorated with two, raised lozenge panels, both enhanced with cross-hatched grooves. The top of the leg is of sub-triangular section and the catch-plate arcs from one side of the leg but has broken before the catch. The surface is pitted with a dark-green patina.

The brooch form corresponds to Hull's Type 106, which Hattatt (1987, pp 100-4) sees as having a distribution concentrated on the Lower Severn, although this example would be a northern outlier.

~~ Hattatt, R.; 1987; Brooches of Antiquity

Class: Developed T-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Weight: 3.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd October 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMWPA 2014.12.3

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Astley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SJ5218
Four figure Latitude: 52.7574639
Four figure longitude: -2.71268363
1:25K map: SJ5218
1:10K map: SJ51NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Updated: 2 years ago

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