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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy headstud brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century AD (length: 52.8mm; width at wings: 18.3mm; thickness: 19.8mm; weight: 11.93g). At the top of the brooch, there is still evidence of an incomplete/ broken chain loop, with short wings to either side which have a three-stepped decoration at the front. At the top of the bow, there is a raised circular platform with a pellet inside, with a single ridge below. Below this decoration, there is a line of eleven lozenges running down to the foot, some of which are still filled with the remains of a dark blue enamel at the top and bottom. The lozenges become smaller as they continue further down the bow, and are ?boxed in? by a single ridge to either side. The foot has an upturned knob with a slight ridge above. The hinge mechanism and pin are complete at the back of the brooch, with the axis bar visible but extensively corroded with bronze disease. Part of the pin is slight broken and turns outwards at the end. Only a small area of the copper alloy catch plate remains. Overall, the brooch is in a very poor and corroded condition with extensive areas of active bronze disease at the end of the wings and to one side of the bow. A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt?s ?Iron Age & Roman Brooches?, 1985, pages 102-3, ref no 421, found in Northamptonshire. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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