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Description: | A cast copper-alloy 2nd-century Roman disc brooch. Its upper face features three raised concentric rings, with similar gaps between the rings. The lower surface is flat and features a double pin lug at one end and a catchplate at the other. The catchplate survives well and travels up the brooch for 9.1mm. One of the semicircular pin lugs has been broken through and the pin is missing; in this sense the brooch is incomplete. There is a gap of 5.6mm between the lugs and a slightly raised side uppermost. This width suggests a sprung pin. There are traces of a white metal coating on the upper surface. Although no obvious traces of enamel survive, many similar brooches recorded on this database and in the literature were enamelled (e.g. Hattatt 2000, 344; refs. 1027, 1028). | Subjects: | Disc | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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