BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP-55B1CF

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

Cf. Hattatt 329.

Hod Hill type brooches were very popular in Britain and a wide range of varients are known. Although the type with a strip like bow and projecting side-lugs are more common, examples such as this one are also known - cf. Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (Hattat, R. 2007 p.320) no.1498A. 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 (without side lugs)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chapter 6, Part 2 HOD HILL 10.c, Plate 97

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 70

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.7 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Weight: 6.66 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 706

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello