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Description: | A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating from 75 - 200 AD. Only the head of the brooch survives. It is 29.6mm long, 23.6mm wide and 18.6mm thick. It weighs 17.86g. The brooch has thick wings, the front of which are decorated with three rectangles of enamel on each, wider than they are tall, stacked in a column. The upper and lower cells are red enamel, and the middle cells are blue. There are double vertical groves incised on each side of the cells. Behind the wings is a tubular housing for the axis bar, with a slot for the copper alloy hinged pin. Only part of the hinge survives of the pin. Part of the iron axis bar survives and it projects from one end of the housing and bends before it is broken, suggesting it would have continued into a head loop. There is a raised vertical fin on the top of the head, a pseudo chord hook, and below it, an oval integral head stud. This is decorated with a central cell of blue enamel surrounded by a decayed circle of red. The bow tapers to a patinated break, and part of the top of the catchplate is visible on the reverse. The brooch has a chipped mid green patina. In construction, it is similar to number 419 on page 332 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue.
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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