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Description: | A cast copper-alloy headstud brooch of the early Roman period, late 1-late 2 centuries.The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catchplate, and pin.It is T-shaped in plan, with cylindrical arms taking a hinge pin. There are no indications of a headloop. The head has a domed projection, set above a flat discoidal stud situated at the top of the bow. There is an empty lozenge-shaped cell that would have taken enamel. Further down the bow is a second lozenge-shaped cell filled with blue enamel. Below this is a third empty lozenge-shaped cell. The brooch tapers from head toward the foot.Stud diameter: 8.10mm.
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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