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Description: | Copper alloy with dark blue enamelBrooch. Cast hinged headstud brooch with short wings with thickened ends, and a square section upper bow, retaining an axis bar for a hinged pin (lost). The head is surmounted by a step with an integrally cast loop, while a rectangular ridge running from the round stud stops short of the step. The flat upper surface of the bow is thickly coated with dark blue enamel, traces of which occur below the stud; the lower bow is lost. The form and size of the head resembles that of a brooch defined by Mackreth as Headstud type X2, though as type X2 is defined by the lack of enamel this classification cannot apply; the detail of the head is also paralleled by his Headstud R2, though his illustrated number 7132 is smaller than this example. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-150.Length: 38.5mm, Width: 25.7mm, Thickness (crest of bow, between ridge and step): 10.3mm, Weight: 20.21gms.
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