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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy headstud brooch dating from the Roman period (Hull type T148B). Mass: 12.7g; length: 51.7mm; width: 17.1mm; depth: 19.7mm. The bow, which tapers towards the moulded foot, is arched in profile. There is a raised stud near to the top of the bow. There is a transverse loop on the reverse of the head, between the wings. The spring would have been secured within this loop, with the external chord held within the forward facing hook on the head. There is a catch-plate on the reverse of the bow, with the remains of the curved pin rest.
The small side wings have two transverse grooves running down the front. The front of the bow is decorated with reserved fields with slightly incomplete red chmpleve enamel and blue ?glass fill. The design tapers to a lozenge shape. There is a groove to either side of the tapering decoration. There are some finishing marks on the reverse of the bow and the catchplate.
The brooch has a well-developed smooth green patina, with some pitted, lighter green areas evident particularly where there have small losses of material on the bow and catchplate. In her ??Roman Brooch Timeline?? (2007), Worrell dates headstud brooches to AD75-AD200. | Subjects: | Headstud | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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