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Description: | A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch. The bow of the brooch has a raised central strip which is decorated with a number of small, transverse grooves except for short sections below the stud and above the foot. There is a baluster moulding immediately above the foot. The headstud is integrally cast and contains two raised pellets, side by side within a raised outer circle; any enamel which filled the remaining space has now disappeared. Each of the short wings is incised with two transverse grooves. There is a head loop, which is broken, but it is interesting because the hole through it seems to have been bi-lobed, or an inverted heart shape. The hinged pin is missing except for the part is the slot in the tubular axis bar housing. The catch plate is damaged and is mostly missing. The reverse of the bow is hollow. The brooch has a smooth dark brown patina. It is 47.3mm long, 15.6mm wide, and 19.3mm thick. It weighs 10.15gm. No parallel with a similarly shaped head loop hs been found, but Hattatt's number 942 on page 333 of his Visual Catalogue has two dots decorating the headstud.
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