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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman umbonate brooch. The circular domed brooch is incomplete around the edges and has one surviving lug and the remains of a chain loop opposite. One the back of the complete lug is a catchplate (length 8.5mmx width 5.2mm) and behind the chain loop are two perforated lugs, which still retain fragments a copper alloy hinge pin. The domed centre has an enamelled sunburst pattern, which consists of three concentric circles of triangular cells. The central circular has no enamel surviving, but the midway circle has fragments of blue enamel and the outer circle has fragment of red. The reverse of the domed centre is hollow. The surviving diameter is 28.2mm, the surviving length of the brooch is 33.4mm, the thickness is 15.0mm and the weight is 15.56g. | Subjects: | Umbonate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Staves, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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