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Description: | A cast copper-alloy brooch probably dating to the late 1st-2nd century.The brooch is incomplete, retaining the head and upper-bow, with the lower bow, foot, catchplate and spring pin missing. The head is formed by a semi-cylindrical casing with rearward projecting lugs on the reverse, inset slightly from each end. Four coils of the spring pin remain, though the pin itself is missing. Atop the casing is a headloop on a projecting stepped base. The bow, at least what remains is a sub-rectangular projecting from the head/casing, but with concave lengths such that it has the appearance of an hourglass with a flattened top and base. The bow also has a panel in the same shape as the bow with approximately 75% of it retaining blue enamel, with a raised independent rib running vertically in the middle of the cell. The lower edge of the bow bears evidence of an abraded break, and when viewed in section it is clear that the middle 50% of this edge had a further projecting element of the bow. No published parallel has been found for this brooch, but Dr Fraser Hunter (National Museums Scotland) has provided a more complete example from Newstead, which matches this example almost exactly, with the exception of the position of the lugs on the reverse. The more complete Newstead example indicates that the base of the enamelled upper bow has an extension of trapezoidal section turning back inward to an incomplete foot, effectively doubling the length of the brooch, and retaining the base of the catchplate.As there is no parallel, a specific type of brooch can not be applied, but Dr Hunter speculates this may be a new Northern British type of brooch. Further research is required.
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