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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Rosette bow brooch of the 'Keyhole' type, but a variant as it is hinged and not with a spring, which is more commonly found on Rosette brooches. The brooch is also not as thin in profile as the traditional 'Keyhole' type and has enamelled triangular facets on the head. The wings are cylindrical and would have held the axis bar for a hinged pin, both now missing. The bow is shaped like a keyhole in plan and is relatively flat in profile. The head of the brooch has three recessed triangles in a triangular formation, which still hold fragments of light blue enamel. The circular section of the bow has a central circular recess which is mirrored on the back of the bow, suggesting it was a rivet hole which would have held a projecting boss or decorative disc on the front. There are several raised curved fragments arranged around this recess, which are most likely part of the boss or disc. Below this circular section of the bow is the rest of the bow and foot, which is sub-rectangular in plan, but widens slightly towards the foot, with an uneven corroded edge down each side. This section is decorated with four parallel longitudinal ridges creating borders for two parallel waved lines within them. Part of the catchplate survives on the back of the foot, but more patina remains on the front of the foot and the back of the bow.Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar Keyhole type Rosette brooch with a central rivet on page 309, Fig.168, No.284, which dates from the 1st century AD.Bayley & Butcher (2004) illustrate two similar Rosette bow brooches with hinged pins, a central rivet and relief decoration down the centre of the foot, on page 123, Fig.95, Nos.348-9, which are dated from the middle of the 1st century AD (Ibid.p.155).The closest parallel on the database is in DOR-866BE5 which is a 'Keyhole' Rosette type bow brooch that is dated from the 1st century AD.A Rosette / Fantail variant brooch with similar enamelled angular facets and a central boss can be seen in CAM-15ED73, which dates from the 2nd century AD.
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