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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of the headstud type, dating from c.75 - 200 AD (Worrall, Roman Brooch Timeline). The bow of the brooch is plain and undecorated except for a groove along the back of each side of the bow. The foot of the bow is circular with two shallow transverse grooves running around it. On the base of the foot are two concentric circular cells, now empty of their enamel. The headstud is an inverted egg shape with similar concentric cells. Each wing of the bow is decorated with four deeply incised grooves running from front to back on the underside of the wings. The two inner grooves are narrow, the third groove is wider, and the outer groove is narrow again. There is a pseudo hook for the spring of the pin, but the pin is actually hinged. This is decorated with two vertical grooves. The copper-alloy pin remains in place, attached to an axis bar held within tubular housing on the reverse of the head. The pin and catchplate are complete. Traces of silvering survive. The brooch is 40.7mm in length, 19.5mm wide, and 22.9mm thick. It weighs 12.36gm. For a parallel see Hattat's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, p. 333, No. 427.
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