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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman headstud brooch. The bottom of the foot and the catchplate are missing. The very top of the foot remains, stepped forward from the bow. The bow is very narrow, giving a sub circular section rather than the more usual hemispherical and behind are the remains of a long flange which would have flared out to the catchplate. The upper face of the bow is punched along its length with an interlocking diamond pattern arranged in 3 offset lines. The bottom 2 of these diamonds in the central line still have small chips of blue coloured glass embedded in them; presumably the other hollows had coloured glass as well. At the top of the bow are the remains of a central perforation approximately 3mm in diameter to attach a separate headstud; this is now missing. The head has broken off across the weak point of the headstud perforation. The break is old. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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