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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. It is missing the head loop, spring, pin, lower half of the bow, foot and catch plate due to old breaks, now worn.The wings are cylindrical in form with a central rectangular slot, which the now missing pin would have originally hinged. Their front face is decorated with the remains of at least one transverse groove. Parts of their outer edges are missing due to old breaks. At the top of the head are the remains of the head loop, now missing. The bow is rectangular in section and form, tapering slightly before terminating in old breaks. The front face is decorated with a prominent moulded headstud that is circular in form with a central circular pellet around which is a recessed circular field. Beneath the headstud are two longitudinal rectangular recessed cells, which probably contained, now missing enamel. This brooch measures 20.80mm in length, 17.84mm in width at wings, 8.36mm in width at bow, 4.43mm in thickness, 3.69g in weight.There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database from Suffolk (SF-E26EA2), ( SF-DE3F26).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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