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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman headstud brooch. The short wings conceal a hinged pin mechanism. The axis bar and the pin are missing. On top of the head are the remains of a rearward claw. The circular headstud has a small circular centre with blue enamel. The curved bow has ten small circular enamel cells of blue enamel, some of which are now missing, The bow terminates with a foot knob with two horizontal ribs above it. The catchplate is worn but complete and has a length of 18.2mm and a maximum width of 4.6mm. The brooch is now quite worn and is bent in the centre of the bow. The surviving length of the brooch is 30.9mm, the width is 17.5mm and the weight is 9.02g. | 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: | 100
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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