Circa 1st century AD. A bow brooch of the Kraeftig Profilierte type with transverse spring and plate with granulated cylindrical projections, the D-section bow curved with flanking projections and granule finials, a collared bulb developing into the narrow footplate with shallow catchplate on the reverse, gilded rosette motif and bulb finial; attached to the outer edges of the plate a silver trichinopoly chain with rosette motif at the junction with the heart-shaped pendant plate with ivy-leaf detailing and bulbous finial; part of the pin lost in antiquity.

PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity item 1396 for the brooch format.

FOOTNOTES:
This form of kraeftige profilierte bow brooch with the secondary projections is called the 'anchor type'.