English: An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman horse brooch. The brooch is in the shape of a stylised horse with Romano-British styled decoration in the form of blocks of enamel, but has a realistic shaped head, if slightly simplified. The head has a circular cell representing an eye. There is a moulded mane, but with no fine detail of the hair, instead there is a slender cell which was originally filled with enamel, and is further decorated with fine obliquely angled ridges along on the upper edge of the cell. The front legs of the horse are short and wide at he top, and quickly taper to blunt terminals, which may be incomplete, but this is not certain. The top of each leg has a small circular cell filled with a possible rivet, which is not visible on the reverse. There are no back legs, and this appears to be purposeful, rather than they are missing. The body of the horse is decorated with a sub-lozenge cell with three high-relief ring and dot designs within. In the field there is blue enamel remaining. In the field above where the back leg should be there are two elongated triangular cells which are filled with a mid green substance, possibly originally red enamel which has since corroded. The tail is in two-parts and is very stylised and abstract. The lower portion of the tail is a fan shape, with four radiating high-relief triangles decorating it. The second portion above the fan portion is an elongated scroll which curls upwards from the rump. This scroll is decorated with a curved triangular cell, and the pellet terminal has a circular cell which may be filled with a rivet with a slightly domed head, but the rivet is not visible on the reverse. The reverse of the brooch is flat except for a horizontal catchplate behind the front leg. On the opposite edge, behind the fan portion of the tail is a single lug with a central perforation. Around a copper alloy axis bar there is a four coils spring and integral pin. The axis bar, spring and pin have a blue/green shiny patina, whereas the brooch has a light green matte patina. The brooch measures 28.01mm long, 21.89mm wide and 9.17mm thick at the catchplate. It weighs 6.3g. Bayley and Butcher (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 174) suggest that horse brooches may have a votive origin. Brooches in this style have been found across the Continent and probably date to the 1st century (Bayley and Butcher: p. 174).