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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman hinged plate brooch of 1st century AD date. The plate is flat and sub-circular in shape, tapering towards a pointed terminal at the base, which is now missing due to old breaks. In addition to the terminal at the base of the brooch, approximately one quarter of the upper half of the brooch is missing due to an old break, as are any knops or projections that may once have existed around the periphery of the plate. On the front face of the plate is a central decorative motif consisting of a large circular depression that contains a raised circle at its centre surrounded by a raised circle of dots. Beneath the central at the point where the plate begins to taper towards the terminal are three parallel transverse grooves separated by a raised transverse band with punched dotted decoration and a transverse band of raised dots. The back of the plate is flat and at the top has a semi-circular perforated lug from which the now missing pin would have hinged. Below this is a small circular indentation. The catchplate at the foot of the brooch is missing due to old breaks, but there is a clear rectangular shaped ridge that runs from the hinge down towards the foot. There are no traces of any kind of added finish to either front or back face. This brooch measures 28.92mm in length, 17.50mm in width, 1.77mm in thickness, and weighs 2.13g.
A similar plate brooch is noted in Hattatt (1985: no. 509) from Norfolk. It is possible that the current example may have had similar projecting knops around the edges of the plate, as well as a bilobate terminal at the foot. It probably belongs to this group of early plate brooches that were imported into Britain with the Roman military from 43 AD onwards and survived for the majority of the 1st century AD before being replaced by other later shapes (see Hattatt, 1985: pp. 136). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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