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Unique ID: HAMP-F88653
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A copper alloy fragment of a Roman Brooch of Hod Hill type, dating to the 1st Century AD. The object consists of most of the head, the side lugs and a small fragment of the top of the bow. The sub-triangular head terminates in a broken cylinder which would have been formed by rolling the metal back on itself (width 13.8mm). There are traces of iron staining here, suggestive of an iron axis bar. In this there is a slit for the pin, although both the pin and spring mechanism are missing. The plain head then narrows to a width of c.9mm to form the bow, the top of which is flanked two side lugs which span 16.7mm. The bow fragment only extends c.2mm down after the side lugs. The bow, including the lugs, is decorated with a series of longitudinal grooves, while the narrowed section above the side lugs has two transverse moulded ribs. The upper surface bears traces of iron staining, while the reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.
The fragment is 21.7mm long, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.51g.
A number of similar Hod Hill type brooches with side lugs are illustrated in Hattatt (2000), p.322, fig. 181, which he dates to the 1st Century AD.
Notes:
Hod Hill type brooches were very popular in Britain and a wide range of variants are known. In "Late Iron Age and Roman Brooches", Worrell (1998, p9) notes that Hod Hill brooches are closely related to Aucissa brooches from which they probably developed. They occur widely on the continent, particularly in Gaul and the Rhineland (ibid.). The main centre of production was probably Gaul, but some were probably made in Britain (ibid.). They are often associated with military sites and probably introduced to Britain by the Roman army, although they are also found on non-military sites (ibid.). Hod Hill brooches are known from post-conquest depositions and it is likely they went out of use c.70 AD (Bayley & Butcher 2004, p.153).
Class: Hod Hill
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.7 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.51 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th October 1994 - Friday 14th October 1994
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Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.231
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
4 Figure: SU5828
Four figure Latitude: 51.04842944
Four figure longitude: -1.17396369
1:25K map: SU5828
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries | 153 | ||
Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 322 | fig.181 |