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Description: | A copper alloy Roman brooch, a headstud variant type dating form the 2nd century. The lower bow and foot of the brooch are missing. The upper bow has a concave front and flares into the wings. These are decorated with vertical ridges and grooves. There is an ingeral loop on the reverse of the head to hold the spring mechanism. An incomplete spring of 6 turns and the top of the pin survive, along with the copper alloy wire axis bar. This is broken at both ends, but woiuld have extended to form a head loop. Projecting from the head of the brooch is a forward hook which would have held the chord. It also would have extended to form the headstud, which, unusually, rather than being integral or riveted on, was formed from the end of the forward hook. Sadly, the headstud is now missing, but differential patination on the head of the brooch suggests that it was circular.The brooch has a smooth bright green patina. It is 29.6mm long, 23.2mm wide and 21.2mm thick. 12.15g. The break are rough but patinated. A close parallel on the PAS database is SF-E43C76. See also number 1524 on page 333 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue.
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