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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are, in profile ??C shaped with an off-set tube. The centre of the tube has a vertical slot through which the copper alloy axis bar is visible. Around the axis bar a fragment of the hinged pin remains. At the apex of the bow head there is an integral triangular lug. The bow head is sub-rectangular in plan with the bow protruding from the centre. Either side of the bow the head is decorated with a column of two annulets on either side, all filled with a blue enamel or glass. The bow is ??C?? shaped in profile, with the upper surface at the junction of the bow having an inverted circular shaped perforation set within an oval cell. Within the perforation is a fragment of copper alloy wire. The underside of the bow head and upper portion of the bow has a lipped border. The bow is sub-trapezoidal in section with a ridge on the reverse which develops to form a solid catchplate. The catchplate is incomplete. The bow is undecorated with the exception of the cell. The bow foot is an expanded circular disc with an off-centre circular cell on the base. The surface is heavily abraded and has traces of a mid green patina. It measures 32.41mm long, 18.43mm wide and weighs 6.1g.
The style of decoration and shape of the bow head may suggest the brooch is a Headstud type which has a hinged pin and probably a separate head loop and stud. Snape (Snape, M. 1993 Roman Brooches From North Britain: A Classification and a Catalogue of Brooches From Stanegate B.A.R. British Series 235 p. 15) classifies this type of brooch as 3.1Bii or iii. These are not precisely dated, but would occur in the 1st century. | Subjects: | Headstud | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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