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Description: | An almost complete and very elaborate cast copper-alloy Roman Headstud brooch, dating from the 2nd century AD. At the apex of the head is a complete head lug. The wings are solid and triangular in section. The hinge mechanism is therefore a tubular type, with an iron axis bar. The pin is attached via the axis bar. It is slightly off-set. The axis bar and pin are missing, but vast amounts of iron corrosion survives on the surface. Either side of the head, decorating the wings is a strand of silver ropework wire. The wings proper are decorated with a row of three ovals, infilled with blue enamel, the field around the blue in enamelled yellow. There is a hole in the upper bow, where the headstud has fallen out. The bow is corroded and damaged, but traces of blue enamel can be seen on the surface. The foot has a concave terminal and survives intact with the catchplate. Similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt, p.332-3, fig.191-2.
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