Rights Holder: Buckinghamshire County Museum
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BROOCH
Unique ID: BUC-FFB756
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and damaged Roman copper alloy brooch fragment. Only the foot and part of catchplate survive. The remaining section of the bow has traces of a rouletted pattern down the length edged by a plain border on either side. This brooch may have been a Langton Down or an Aucissa type but too little of it survives to be certain,
Class: Aucissa variant.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.37 mm
Width: 5.33 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 1.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th October 2010
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Drayton Beauchamp
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: OXON-08862D
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
A fragment from a Roman Brooch, possibly a Hod Hill form dating to c. AD 43-75. Only part of the bow and a small trace of catchplate survive…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: BUC-2E6CD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: IRON AGE
A copper-alloy Langton Down brooch fragment. Only the spring cover and part of the upper bow now survives.
Workflow: Published
Find number: LIN-409040
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Fragment of an early Roman brooch, probably an early hinged type such as a Langton Down or strip bow brooch. Only the foot and part of the bo…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618