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Description: | A complete Roman (or possibly Early Early-Medieval) copper alloy openwork disc brooch, measuring 33.42mm in length (inclusive of pin) and 31.44mm in diameter. It weighs 7.04g.
The brooch is circular with six openwork triangular-shaped areas within, arranged rather like the segments of an orange. The outside edge (3-4mm wide) is decorated with tiny incised lines.
Of the branches dividing the segments, the one following the line of the pin is a little wider (max. 4.38mm compared to min. 2.82mm).
To the reverse is a copper alloy pin held in place with a (probably iron) axis bar (iron staining is apparent around the area). The axis bar is held by two D-shaped lugs. The catchplate is a rectangular projection with a sock-shaped cut in the edge towards one end for the pin.
Iron staining is also apparent on the front of the brooch.
No comparison can be found either in Hattatt's A Visual Catalogue or McGregor and Bollick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections in the Ashmolean Museum , but Roman catchplates such as this were used on brooches of the 2nd and 3rd centruy, while plain and openwork disc brooches date to the 5th/ 6th century in the Early Early-Medieval period. | Subjects: | Disc - openwork | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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