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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman disc brooch with enamel decoration. The brooch is circular with peripheral lugs although the edges are poorly preserved. The surface is decorated with two concentric bands of enamel separated by raised circles of copper alloy and there is a central circular hollow which possibly contained a gem or further enamel. The inner enamel circle still contains traces of red and yellow enamel which is arranged alternately with a total of four blocks of red and four blocks of yellow. The outer band of enamel is of solid blue. On the reverse of the brooch two upstanding semi-circular lugs remain of the pin fitting.
This brooch is dated to the 2nd Century AD.
The Diameter is 27.2mm (inc. lugs), 20.2mm (exc. lugs).
A similar brooch can be seen in Hattatt's 'A Visual Catalogue...Brooches', p.345, Fig.204, #531. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burrill, Charlotte - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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