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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman plate brooch. It is circular, worn around the circumference with an area missing. There is a six-pointed star motif, around a central dot. There are traces of blue enamel on some of the triangular areas created by the star design, and some whitish material present within the grooves of the star. The remains of the catchplate and a coil of four turns can be seen on the reverse, but the pin is missing. It measures 18.8mm in diameter and weighs 2.06g.
Hattatt (IRAB) no.526 shows a similar design and style, but with the addition of twelve lugs on the perimeter. There may have been six small lugs on this Brockley example, at the points of the stars, but not in between. Other Suffolk examples have been noted, but with lobed terminals rather than points, from Bures St Mary, SF-35ED73, and from Hatcheston, Blagg 2004, p.102, no.171. This type of brooch dates to the second century AD. | Subjects: | plate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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