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Description: | A cast copper alloy plate brooch, which is probably Roman, but an exact parallel cannot be found. The brooch is basically circular in shape, with cut a ways into the plate. There is a ridge running along the centre of the brooch, the design is symmetrical. There is a moulded design, which has been cast onto the surface of the plate. The cut a ways are opposite each other and resemble heart-shapes (but are obviously not meant to be hearts in modern terms). The tip of the heart shape then opens out forming two gaps in the edge of the plate. The reverse is undecorated. The catchplate survives but it has been broken and a stump survives where the lug was once situated. The pin lug and the catchplate have been arranged in a longitudinal alignment, along the ridge on the front. The metal is quite worn and the surface is quite corroded. The metal has a light greyish-green colour. This type of brooch dates from the mid to late 1st century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, pp342-3, Fig. 201-2.
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