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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.
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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