Ave!
Copper
alloy; 38mm/20.7gm ca. 2nd Cent. AD
This
type of
brooch is known a semicircular
type with hooded
spring...I think...but with a vast difference. Please note in the photos how the artisan added a total of eight tiny spun silver wires (less than 1mm) about the
brooch; four around the hooded
spring (only vestiges remaining), one around the
brooch terminal, two more around the doubled
head, and one more just below.
Hard enough to imagine how difficult is was to create this
brooch in the first place, you know? But how it managed to survive nearly 1,800 years in the earth after centuries of constant plowing in such pristine condition is the real wonder.
Has anyone seen a
brooch like this before?