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Description: | Roman copper alloy enamelled Aesica brooch, spring, pin, most of the rear hook, part of one end of the spring housing and most of the foot missing. The spring was held in a Polden Hill type arrangement. Above the head an incomplete rounded projection sits on a rectangular knurled stand. On the projection an annular cell is inlaid with blue enamel and a central dot cell is now empty. There is one empty round cell on both wings. The separately cast lozengiform bow, riveted through the head and through a discoidal moulding at its base, is inlaid with blue enamel around a median alignment of two lozengiform and three round reserved dots. There is an annular or penannular cell inlaid with the same on the disc at the base of the bow. Mackreth 2011, 47, type 3.a. The projection above the head is an exceptional feature. Extant length 29.5mm. Wingspan 19mm. Early 2nd century.
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