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Description: | Roman copper alloy Headstud brooch, 51mm long, 17mm wide and 14mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark green patina and weighs 9.69grams. The brooch has very short wings with stepped vertical decoration. It has a raised circular motif at the start of the bow, which was decorated with enamel inlay arranged as two lines of triangles. The foot has a rounded stepped base and there are faint traces of a catchplate on the reverse. The hinged pin is missing as is the large circular loop at the top of the brooch. The brooch matches 421, Fig.191 in Hattatt's ancient brooches. | Subjects: | headstud | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Scott, Wendy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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