brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,8042.77
Description: A copper-alloy Aucissa brooch complete except for the tip of the hinged pin. The head-plate has transverse mouldings and a cut-out is preserved on one side. The bow has a central raised ridge flanked by flutes and a border ridge. There is a transverse moulding at the junction with the foot which ends in a moulded knob. The bow has been bent right back on itself so that the back of the catch-plate almost touches the back of the head.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1-100
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: North Hertfordshire Archaeological Society; Excavated by: Heritage Network Ltd.
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Baldock, BGF 06, SF 1304, Context 597 (near Ashwell)
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Length: 35.30 millimetres (distorted); Weight: 4.84 grammes
Curator's comments: Mackreth’s Uninscribed Aucissa, Type 2.b (Mackreth 2011, I, 132-3, II, Plate 90).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sheppard, Sam; Donated by: Sheppard, Gurney
Acquisition date: 2010
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 2010,8042.77

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