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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman brooch. Rosette brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch has a circular plate which measures 17.6mm diameter and has groove and rib decoration around its outer edge. At the centre of this plate is a circular cup-shaped boss with a flaring toothed border and a domed centre. Immediately above the plate is the head. This measures 18.3mm wide and is tubular, containing the copper-alloy spring coils. A bent remnant of a pin protrudes from a central slot in the reverse of the head. The leg of the brooch is sub-rectangular in shape and is decorated with a vertical "reeding" pattern. The reverse of the leg has an attached trapezoidal catchplate with a central circular hole. Overall the object measures 37.4mm high by 18.3mm wide and 1mm thick at the plate. It weighs 6.25g. The surface is black which may be a corroded tinning or silvering. The object is slightly worn and damaged. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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