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Description: | Unusual Roman cast copper alloy plate brooch, probably 2nd century AD. Symmetrical flat sectioned brooch, with sub-circular central section with eight projections. The central section is decorated with a large punched ring and dot motif. Seven of the projections have a short neck with incurved sides, then an expanded rounded end decorated with a punched ring and dot. Six are roughly the same size, and the remaining one, which has the pin hinge on the reverse, is larger and with a wider neck (which hides the hinge). The last projection, opposite this large rounded projection, has the catchplate on its reverse, and again has a short neck, but the expanded terminal is birfurcated with a ring and dot on each lobe, as if representing an animal (?insect) head. Double pin-hinge with the remains of the iron pin held between the two lugs. Rectangular catchplate with folded over end. Mid grey-green patina. Length 33.81mm, width 27.64mm, thickness including catchplate (which is longer than pin hinge) 10.24mm, thickness across centre (not including plate/hinge) 2.16mm, weight 6.25g.
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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