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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy Roman disc brooch. The fragment represents less than one third of the upper portion of the brooch. It is now wedge shaped in plan having one curved edge and two break edges that form a peak. It is flat in section. The front of the brooch is decorated with a raised rim to the outer edge, and an inner raised line, once circumfral, 3mm apart. When complete, there may have been further circumfral lines in a concentric pattern. This divides the front of the brooch into different bands, which once would have been filled with enamel. Nothing of this material survives. Th ereverse of the brooch is plain. A singular pin lug survives to the rear, with the hole now blocked with dirt and/or corrosion product. There is orangey corrosion product on the lug, which is probably the remains of the copper alloy spring coil. The spring and pin are entirely missing. The object is abraded and nothing of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are light green in colour. Break edges re worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 20.2mm long, 12.9mm wide, 2.38mm thick and weighs 1.66g.
Brooches of this type date from the mid 1st to late 2nd century AD. Examples of various designs of disc brooch can be seen in Hattatt 1985, Iron Age and Roman Brooches, figure 60. | Subjects: | Disc | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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