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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy equal ended plate brooch. It is missing one terminal, as well as the pin, lug and part of the catchplate due to old breaks. The plate is flat and lozenge shaped in plan. it has a central, raised lozenge shaped platform that is flat and has an incised groove followed by a beaded/corded exterior border. At the centre of the platform is a lozenge shaped recess that would probably once have contained inlaid enamelling, but this is now missing due to old breaks. The top of the plate terminates in old breaks, however the moulded foot of the plate survives intact. This is sub-oval in plan and D-shapd in section with a flat back. Where the foot joins the plate is a raised transverse moulded rib, beneath which it constricts before expanding to a second similar ridge. Beneath the second ridge is a small groove followed by a semi-circular shaped terminal with slightly faceted upper surfaces and possibly the remains of a small globular knop. It is probable that a near identical moulded terminal would originally have been in place at the top of the brooch. The back face of the brooch is flat but thickens slightly at the foot. The back face of the foot preserves the remains of an integral catchplate that is sub-triangular in shape but is incomplete due to old breaks. The entire brooch measures 24.37mm in length, 16.29mm in width, 2.88mm in thickness, and weighs 1.84g.
Similar lozenge shaped equal ended plate brooches are noted from Roman Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 189) and in Hattatt (1989: nos. 561, 1100) and suggest a date in the 2nd century AD for the current example. | Subjects: | Plate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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