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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Hinge-headed brooch. It is missing its pin and most of the enamelled decoration due to old breaks. The brooch has cylindrical wings that have a rectangular in slot at their centre and encase the corroded remains of an iron axis bar. It has a head that is rectangular in form and triangular in section, with the enamelled bow extending downwards at an angle of almost 90 degrees from the head. The bow itself is flat and comprises two opposing triangular panels, the upper panel with the point of the triangle facing upwards, and the lower with the point down. They are separated from one another by a central square panel, all of the panels containing enamelled decoration. On the diagonal sides of each triangle there is a grooved border with traces of beaded decoration at the outer edges. Each of the triangles contains a triangular recessed field that would originally have contained enamel, the precise form or colour now uncertain due to old breaks. The smaller square panel at the centre of the bow has a recessed square panel containing traces of a bright orange enamel. At the base of the bow is a transverse ridge that separates the bow from the foot. The foot of the brooch is flat, sub-oval shaped in form and expands slightly towards a pointed base. The front face of the foot has incised decoration comprising a cross saltire at the base above which are numerous crescent shaped incisions arranged in three vertical rows. to the lef and right of the cross are incomplete punched circles, and at the base of the cross there is a small transverse groove. The decorative elements give the foot a zoomorphic appearance, seemingly the head of an animal or beast of some kind (snake?). On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is triangular in form with a folded outer edge. This brooch measures 37.01mm in length, 19.92mm in width at head, 18.35mm in width at bow, 2.13mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 6.35g.This is a Roman brooch of Hinge-headed type similar to examples noted in Hattatt (1989: nos. 565, 992-994, 1552-1555). It is a continental brooch type, probably produced in Gaul, and dates to the 2nd century AD.
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