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Description: | An almost complete cast copper-alloy Roman headstud brooch. The head conceals a tubluar casting with a hinged pin mechanism. The copper-alloy pin is bent to one side and broken halfway down the shaft. The copper-alloy axis bar also forms the swivelling wire chain above the head. The rectangular neck band on the chain loop is decorated with a frontal panel of four vertical rows of opposing triangle enamel cells, some of which still remain the red enamel. Both the wings are decorated with a vertical panel of three copper-alloy lozenges with traces of red enamel around the edge. The actual headstud is missing and all that remains is a hollow socket. Above the socket, on the top of the head, is a moulded crest. The narrow, curved bow is decorated with fourteen lozenge-shaped enamel cells, interspaced with colourless triangular cells. Most of the lozenge cells contain blue enamel, only four near the top of the bow are empty. Above the foot knob is a double moulded collar. The long complete catchplate has a length of 27.0mm and the width is 8.6mm. The complete length of the brooch is 45.6mm, the width is 18.3mm and the weight is 9.96g.
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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