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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy headstud brooch with hinged pin and raised decoration on the bow. It has the stub of a broken head loop at the top. The wings are broken, one is just a stub, the other maybe complete but is short with a rounded end; they are 11.4mm wide. On the back of the wings is an integral tube to hold the hinge bar with a central slot for the pin to pivot on the bar. The head of the pin survives corroded into this slot, the remainder is lost to an old break.The bow rises at 90 degrees and curves continuously to the foot with a slightly flattened central section and foot. There is a raised integral headstud on the bow just above the junction with the head. From the headstud to the foot there is an indented panel running the length of the front of the bow containing a central continuous row of small raised lozenges which were probably originally surrounded by enamel. The foot has a pair of transverse raised collars, then a short plain section and a third collar before ending in a flat circular disk. The triangular catchplate starts about half way along the bow and ends level with the foot, most of it is lost to old breaks with only a short length of catch remaining near the foot.It is 40.3mm long in total and 17.1mm thick, it weighs 7.9 grams.Bailey and Butcher (1994:165-6) suggest the hinged headstud brooches are found throughout Britain although in common with other headstud brooches they are much less common in the South than in the Midlands and North. They also suggest (ibid) they were in use before 100AD and continued in use well into the 2nd century (c.75-175 AD). Where analysed (ibid) examples of this form are usually made of bronze or leaded bronze rather than brass. A very similar example was found in West Sussex (SUSS-DCA235). Hattatt (2000: 332) also publishes a similar example, no.421 (from Northamptonshire) which has the same type of recessed panel on the bow.
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