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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of early Roman date (50-150 AD). The brooch is broadly oval in plan with a sub-rectangular projection at either end. The edges of the brooch have been heavily abraded resulting in a considerable loss of metal. The brooch measures 28.6mm length, 16.3mm width is 5.9mm thick at the hinge and 1.7mm thick across the central plate. It weighs 2.51 grams.The front face is relatively flat in profile with a series of geometric (circular) cast designs. At the centre of the plate is a shallow recess which may originally have held enamel. Around the outer edge of the plate are two concentric circles forming a border, both of these have been cast. The rear of the brooch is also flat with a central rib from which the hinge and catchplate are formed. On the upper edge are the remains of a hinge plate consisting of two ribs which have been pierced to hold the pin. The axis bar and pin were probably formed of Iron as a localised area of iron corrosion is present. 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 majority of it has been lost through a combination of abrasion and corrosion and the pin rest is missing. 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 mid to late 1st century AD figure 201-202, page 342-43 especially examples 1561 and 510. Two similar brooches are also noted in Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain p 122-3, a good parallel for this example are 348-49 both are dated to similar periods as those in Hattatt's catalogue.
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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