Roman Brooch

[Chef Geoff]

It's the same down here early brooches and late coinage.......how did they buy the brooches in the early days and how did they keep there clothes done up later on

[herbie]

I know I did wonder whether the brooches themselves were some kind of currency / bartering until the coinage became more widespread?? Maybe they continued to use the Celtic coins, but then I would have thought you'd have found more of them if they did.

[probono]

I read recently (in a Current Archaeology) that in the later roman period the style of dress changed, so not so many brooches were used - hence the drop off in later brooches.

[Chef Geoff]

It depends where you were there is an almost east west split in later Roman brooches presumably because of  more continental influence/fashion in the east

[herbie]

It depends where you were there is an almost east west split in later Roman brooches presumably because of  more continental influence/fashion in the east

Whilst in the west they tied their pants up with string  oooh aah

[chantalpoole]

and still do so to this day lol !!

[Val Beechey]

There you are then.  I knew it, I was right all along.   That's why I don't find any buttons.


Val

[bristolminelab]

great find well done

[grego]

Very nice find.

[celticspikey]

Managed an hour out this morning with the new Deus, (new to me) took it to a roman site where my T2 is not so great and I was well impressed with this machine, as I said only out for an hour and I managed a brooch and a couple of grots any ideas on the type? It's about 40mm long.

Herbie

Nice to bag an early brooch herb, and a pin attached well done mate