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Description: | A cast copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The stud is a separate rivet with a conical head decorated with radiating incised lines. At the top of the bow is a broken head loop with a band of beading below it. The head has short wings decorated with a wide vertical groove, making the wings look hollowed out. Behind the wings is a tubular housing for the axis bar with a gap for the hinged pin. Only the head of this survives. There is a slight modern scratch in this area. From the headstud the bow extends downwards with a tight curve tapering and terminating in an old break. The bow has a rectangular section but is hollow at the back, and is undecorated. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated and the top of the catchplate survives. The metal is a light brownish-green colour. Brooches of this type date from the second Century AD. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt, p333, fig.192 and a very similar example is YORYM-253877.
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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