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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of later Roman date (100-400 AD). The brooch is an oval shape in plan. The edges of the brooch have been heavily abraded resulting in a considerable loss of metal. The front face is relatively flat in profile with a raised central border and sunken central setting. The rear of the brooch is also flat with the remains of a hinged pin fitting and catchplate. The brooch measures 25.9mm length, 18.6mm width is 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.97 grams. The front face of the brooch is decorated with a series of cast motifs which may have originally have been further decorated with gilt or enamel. The design consists of a central oval shaped dished area, which presumably would have contained either a cameo, enamel, or paste setting. There are no remains of this setting present. The border of this area is marked by a raised cast oval band, which projects slightly from the surface of the brooch. This band is irregular in thickness. Outside this band, between it and the outer edge the surface is much abraded and all detail has been lost. The edge of the brooch is also much abraded and only small areas of original outer edge / rim is present. The reverse of the brooch is plain and undecorated; at the upper edge are the remains of a hinge plate consisting of two ribs which would have been pierced to hold the pin. At the opposite edge to the spring are the remains of the catch-plate. This is cast integral to the brooch and is sub rectangular in plan and profile. The outer edge of the catchplate has been turned (rolled) over to form the pin rest. The catch plate and pin rest have both been damaged in the ploughsoil. The brooch is a mid-dark green colour with an even but abraded patina which covers all surfaces. The brooch has been distorted by movement in the plough soil and this is most evident on the external faces. This plate brooch is similar to a number recorded in a Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches all of which have been dated to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD figure 223, page 364 especially examples 637 and 1209. Two similar brooches are also noted in Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain p 134, a good parallel for this example are 386-87 both are dated to similar periods.
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