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Description: | A possible Roman copper alloy decorative mount. The object consists of a flat circular piece of copper alloy. The upper surface of the object has a depressed circular cell. Within the depressed circular cell is raised Celtic design of pelta motifs. Around the raised decoration, the cell is filled with a white substance, probably enamel, which is now degraded. The underside of the object is partially covered with iron corrosion, but appears to be plain. Two extremely corroded circular section iron rivets, however, are visible. These rivets pierce the object and are visible on its decorated side. The rivets have been carefully located within circular cells in the decorative scheme. The existence of rivets suggests that the object is a mount of some description rather than a disc brooch.
The object is in poor condition and is especially corroded around its circumference. The object has a diameter of 26.51mm and a thickness of 3.34mm. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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