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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is comprised of wide rectangular wings from the reverse of which two integral lugs project housing an axis bar around which the pin is hinged. The pin is complete with a tapering circular section and the ends of the axis bar extend and curve around the head of the brooch to form an attachment loop. The loop narrows centrally above the head and is fixed in place by a rectangular collar which is decorated with three parallel lozenge cells filled with blue enamel. The front of each of the wings is decorated with a slightly recesses rectangular panel within which are three vertically aligned circular recesses. Presumably these features would have been filled with enamel but no traces of this survive.From the central point between the wings a square sectioned bow with raised central rib extends curving downward. At the apex of the curve a circular recess is present into which a separately cast headstud decoration has been fitted using an elongated shank passed through a hole in the back of the bow and bent over to fix it into place. The headstud itself is decorated with five pellets arranged around a central pellet resulting in a flower-like design.From here the square sectioned bow continues tapering in width to a triple banded circumferential collar above a circular recessed foot knop. The complete catchplate projects from the reverse of the lower bow and a small perforation is present through the base of the foot knop to the reverse of the bow.The metal has a light green patina and survives in extremely good condition. The brooch is 44.8mm long, 18.5mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 11g.Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.332, fig.191 and are dated to the 2nd Century AD.
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