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Description: | A 2nd - 3rd century cast copper alloy plate brooch. The brooch comprises a main triangular plate of copper alloy. The plate has been divided into three fields by lines of raised copper alloy. The three fields which have been created have each been infilled with enamel. The outer two fields have lost the enamel, but the central one still contains blue enamel, decorated further with four surviving white dots. The brooch has a collar above and below the main plate. The base of the brooch terminates with a flared foot. At the top of the brooch the beginnings of a flared head survives, but it has been broken. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The catchplate and the lug have been arranged longitudinally on the reverse of the brooch. Both only survive. The lug is a double lug but the catchplate is heavily corroded. The reverse of the brooch is pitted and the surface is corroded. This type of brooch dates from the 2nd - 3rd century AD.A search of the normal Roman brooch literature could not identify a parallel.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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