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Description: | A cast copper-alloy 2nd-century Roman disc brooch. The artefact is incomplete insofar as its pin is missing. The upper face has a lowered field within a border. Central in the field is a large ring. Around the ring is a ten-pointed star whose points approach, but do not touch, the border. The design of such brooches is sometimes referred to as 'sunburst' or 'starburst'. Within each point is a pellet. Traces of blue enamel remain between the star and the border. This is also the case on a similar brooch recorded on this database (ref.: BERK-5CEBD7). On the reverse surface is a double pin lug at one end and a catchplate at the other. The catchplate survives quite well and travels up the brooch for c. 6.5mm. There is a gap of c. 4.4mm between the pin lugs. Between them is a three-coiled spring and chord retained around the axis bar. The brooch has corroded to an even mid-green colour. Similar brooches can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 344; e.g. ref. 1035).
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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