File:Bow Brooch (FindID 291711-277632).jpg

English: Bow brooch with head loop and longitudinal decoration between a head stud and the well-defined foot which is ribbed and flares outwards at the terminal. Discreet wings are present behind the junction of the body and head loop. These bear incised grooves running parallel to the direction of the bow. The tapering pin remains in place and is still articulated, although it must have eroded as it no longer meets the catchplate. The finely-rolled catchplate originates halfway along the reverse of the bow and is sub-triangular in shape. The principal decoration on the bow is formed by the head stud and a rectangular panel, bounded by longitudinal grooves and consisting of two panels separated by a raised zig-zagged line. Both the panels and the head stud are likely to have originally contained enamel. The brooch was cast-in-one and has a smooth green patina. The head loop has an apple-shaped perforation and remains intact. This brooch appears to be of a type recorded by Collingwood as Group Q, Head-stud, and it bears a similarity to that illustrated in the 1964 British Museum Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain, Fig 9, No 14, and in Collingwood and Richmond‰Ûªs The Archaeology of Roman Britain, Fig 103, No 42. It is likely to date to the 2nd century AD.