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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman headstud bow brooch of the mid-late first to second century AD. The brooch is almost complete, including its hinged pin, and is missing only the loop at the top of the head. The remains of this loop are integrally cast with the rest of the bow of the brooch, not loose like on some examples. The pin mechanism is hinged and the axis bar is held within cylindrical housing on the reverse of the wings. Ferrous corrosion emerging from the end of the wings and from the pin recess indicate that this bar is iron. The front of the wings are each decorated with four ridges and grooves. On the reverse below the head there is a large oval hollow indentation. The bow is decorated with a moulded circular headstud with an enameled ring and dot design, although only the residue from the fusing of the enamel survives and the original colour cannot be determined. Below the headstud there are intricately cast lozenge shaped cells which run down the bow. These would have contained enamel although this is only now present in the lowest cell where the enamel is a dark blue. The brooch terminates in a knoppped foot, above which there is a triple collar. The well cast sub-triangular catchplate is still in place on the reverse of the bow, tapering out and following the curve of the brooch. The brooch measures 41.39 mm long, 20.01 mm wide at the wings, 18.01 mm thick from the rear of the head to the back of the bow and it weighs 9.9 grams. It has a dark green patina. A similar example may be seen illustrated in Bayley and Butcher (2004, page 164, Fig 135; T149B). See also WMID-2D2B21 for an example recorded on this database.
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