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Description: | Copper alloy with red and blue enamelBrooch. Headstud Brooch, Mackreth Headstud 5a. Brooch with a cast hinged pin on an axis bar within a cylindrical case behind an integrally cast rectangular head plate bearing vertically grooved and ribbed decoration on either wing and a partial top loop; the decoration of the wings includes fine billeting of the ribs. A rectangular section bow, indented behind at the very top, tapers gently towards a pedestal foot with strongly defined mouldings, the upper one of which is billeted. A circular stud retains red enamel traces. Below the stud, a field of red enamel extends all along the bow with a medial band of dark blue enamelled lozenges. An unpierced folded catch plate remains behind the foot. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125.Length: 53.1mm, Width: 18.6mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 7.0mm, Weight: 14.04gms
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