Find Spot record 15250 - Romano-British Find from Tiverton

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-997C65 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of Roman date. It is a trumpet headed brooch which is complete except for the pin and part of the spring which are missing due to old breaks. The brooch has a circular head which is undecorated. On the reverse of this is a circular loop which is rectangular in cross section and which holds the spring in place. Three loops of the spring remain on either side of this loop but both ends terminate in old breaks. The bow projects from the centre of the outer face of the head. This is narrowed and is oval in section. The bow is decorated with a circular design with a central pellet. Below this the bow widens into three collars, the central one larger than the top and bottom. Below the lower collar the bow is decorated with three vertical ribs. The foot the expands into a circular knop. On the reverse of the lower portion of the bow there is the catch-plate. This is triangular in shape and flat and is solid. The reverse of the actual catch is decorated with four semi-circular ribs with a horizontal v-shaped groove below.

<2> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-997C65 (Web Site). SCH5176.