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Description: | A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Headstud type brooch. To quote Hattatt (1982, 76), 'this is a .. traditional example in that the stud is cast solid with the bow'. The spring has seven coils around an axis bar; the coil which would have continued to form the pin (left of centre when viewing the reverse) has broken and the pin thus lost. There is also an element lost from the coil on the far left of the same view. The chord is held in place by a backwards hook. Comparison with the hook on the brooch cited above (Hattatt 1982, 76; ref. 33) suggests that the hook has been broken through old damage; the hook on the Hattatt example extends as far as the stud. The stud is small, integral and circular with any original decoration obscured by wear. Beyond the stud the tapering bow appears to have featured enamelled cells. Small traces of black and red suggest at the colours once present. The bow terminates in a moulded footknob which features a raised line before the main terminal knob. On the reverse of this is a slightly abraded catchplate with a characteristic missing segment. By comparison with the Hattatt example the wings are plainer, giving the brooch a 'T-shaped' plan view. The Hattatt example also hints at a possible attached swivelling loop construction which, had it been present on this artefact, has since been lost. Roman, early 2nd century AD
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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