Replica of a Roman aucissa brooch.
Here you can buy a detailed replica of a so-called Roman aucissa brooch, based on a historical model from the 1st century.
The aucissa brooch is THE typical
Roman soldier's brooch of the 1st century. This type of Roman brooch is known as an aucissa brooch, which was mass-produced as a garment clasp for legionaries during the reign of Emperor Augustus until the middle of the 1st century.
Link to an original Aucissa brooch...
The aucissa brooch originally held the heavy, coarsely woven fabric of the
Roman military cloak together on the right shoulder with its high bow. Later, however, aucissa brooches were also worn by the civilian population.
The name of the aucissa brooch comes from the fact that the maker's name
AVCISSA was often stamped on these mass-produced clasps for the Roman legionaries. However, other fibulae of the same type also bore the names CARTILIVS, DVRNACVS and VALER.
Archaeologists are also familiar with this clasp under the name
Almgren 242.
Like the historical model, which comes from a private collection, the replica also
measures 5.5 x 2 x 2.7 cm.
You can buy this Roman brooch in high-quality
bronze or genuine
silver-plated.
Alternatively, you can also order it in 925 sterling silver (please note delivery time).
Alloy...
The typical Aucissa brooch is a relatively simple hinged brooch with
Celtic origins, which was widespread in the early Roman imperial period and often had the name AVCISSA embossed on the head plate, although other maker's names or no name embossing could also occur. The high and strongly curved, flat bow of all aucis brooches ends in a clearly offset foot with a decorative knob.
Roman aucis brooches could have a more round-oval or
D-shaped cross-section and could be found with or without a central ridge.
They were made of both non-ferrous metal and iron, although individual examples made of precious metal are also known.
The aucissa brooch originated from the Celtic Alesia-type hinged brooch and was
very widespread throughout the Roman Empire in the 1st century.
As a typical soldier's brooch of the early imperial period, it was particularly widespread in the Roman north-west provinces and is therefore still used today as a guiding form for dating finds.
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