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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch of the 2nd century AD (Hull type 227). The brooch is lozenge shaped with circular lugs at each corner. Each lug is 6.9mm in diameter and has a raised rim surrounding a hollow, some of the hollows still contain a white substance, probably decayed enamel or possibly a paste to hold a glass 'gem'. The central lozenge shaped plate (22.0mm by 20.4mm by 2.1mm thick) has a raised rim and a central raised circle dividing the plate into two concentric sections; these sections probably originally held enamel, now lost. The back has a complete catchplate for the pin, 9.3mm long by 6.2mm wide, which extends out into one of the lugs. At the other end are two broken lugs to hold the lost spring, they are 4.6mm long and 5.7mm wide. The brooch weighs 6.37 grams.Lozenge shaped plate brooches with projecting lugs vary widely in precise form and decoration and therefore no exact parallel was found for this example. See Hattatt (200):348-9) for a range of similar brooches.
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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