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Description: | Copper alloy with gildingBrooch. Cast brooch resembling members of the Headstud class, albeit lacking the stud. Semi-tubular wings closed at their ends retain an axis bar and a nine coil spring and a pin. An integrally cast sub-rectangular plate rises above the wings, surmounted by a moulded lug with a drilled aperture of diameter circa 2mm with the stub of a loop above it. The bow tapers from the full width of the head to a pedestal foot with an aperture in its base, with the stub of a catch plate behind. Curvilinear relief decoration runs across the plate at the head in a pair of swags with a hollow disc between them, and the scheme is continued with paired comma shaped figures on the upper bow, and a medial rib flanked by two curvilinear ribs. Traces of gilding appear overall except on the pin and spring. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125.Length: 44.8mm, Width:21.4mm, Thickness (crest of bow):5.1mm, Weight: 12.32gms.
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