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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy gilded disc brooch. When viewed in plan, the incomplete brooch is now "c" shaped, with two incomplete concentric ribs of decreasing diameter on the front. The inner rib stands in clear relief when the brooch is viewed in profile. The zone within the inner rib is recessed and largely missing. The zone between the inner and outer ribs has suffered loss of material on one side. The outer edge of the disc has also suffered loss of material particularly on one side. The reverse of the brooch features the remains of a lug and a catchplate. The brooch has a maximum remaining diameter of 35.1 mm and the inner rib is a maximum of 4.0mm thick. The brooch has a mass of 6.46g.On the front of the brooch there are the remains of gilding, particularly on the zone outside the outer rib. The front of the brooch otherwise has a light green surface. The reverse of the brooch has a predominately brown patina/surface, although where this has become detatched, the surface has a light green appearance.Based on parallels, this is likely to have been a gilded disc brooch with a central glass setting (see Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, 'Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection' pp 134-5, and plate 7, between pages 48-9). Bayley & Butcher date this type of brooch to the third if not the fourth century, and probably manufactured in Britain since few are known from the Continent (Ibid. pp 178-9).
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