Roman Hod Hill fibula, Britain, 1st century AD

Traces of tinning remaining. The panel has three plain ridges alternated with notched ridges, a pair of side lugs at the bottom. Rolled plate at head to create a hinge, the foot is triangular with pair of notches and flat knop terminal. Pin missing, the surface with a blue-green patina.

Hod Hill type brooches are often found on military sites and tend to date to just after the Roman conquest of Britain.

Provenance

Collection of Patrick John Casey (1935-2016)
Casey was a staff member in the Archaeology department at Durham University 1972-2000, during which time he participated in several archaeological excavations at the Roman forts of Brecon Gaer, Segontium, the Roman town of Venta Silurum, the Roman temple at Lydney and the Greta Bridge vicus in County Durham. He was a Romanist and numismatist, publishing several books on the subject.

Literature

Compare A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt’s Ancient Brooches (Oxford, 1981), no.848