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Description: | A copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date. The brooch is oval and is unusually small at just 14.6mm long and 10.1mm wide. It has a sprung pin of which only part of the lugs, the axis bar and part of the spring survives. The pin mechanism makes the brooch 5.2mm thick. The catchplate is broken and missing. The front of the brooch is decorated with enamel in cells. The design is off a central circle with a circular band round it and eight circles arranged round that. The enamel that survives appears to be red on a blue ground. The back of the brooch has a deep green glossy patina. Plate brooches are found in Britain and on the Continent and tend to date from the second century AD (Snape 1993).
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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