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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy and ?shale/ bone Roman early plate brooch, dating to mid-late 1st century AD. It has a hinge mechanism and has only one complete ?shale/ bone roundel out of a possible six, probably with another larger one at the centre, also missing. The brooch is very similar to another found in Northampton (Hattatt no.514). When published in 1985, Hattatt knew of only a handful of other examples of this type of brooch, all from the Eastern counties. The brooch is a twelve pointed star, the 'points' alternating between an incised leaf design and the 8.5mm diameter ?shale/ bone roundels. It is 35.5mm in diameter and the metal 2mm thick. The roundels add an extra 1mm thickness. On survives complete, as mentioned, while another is incomplete and three others frgamentary. Only one is completely missing, exculding the one from the central area from which the twelve 'points' radiate. The central area is sunken with lathe markings and 12mm in diameter, surrounded by a 1mm rim engraved with incised diagonals. At the centre is a 1mm diameter sectioned copper alloy rivet standing 2mm high, possibly missing its head - the other roundels are held in place with rivets which, although shorter, have c.2mm diameter heads. On the reverse of the brooch the hinge mechanism, catchplate and slightly bent pin are complete, except for the point of the pin which is missing. The seven rivet-ends are all visible and although smoothed, not flush with the surface. The example from Northampton had a central roundel of similar shape and evidence of tinning, the latter of which this example shows no sign, alhtough that is not conclusive proof that it was not tinned. These have been found principally on military sites and not before AD43. They did not stay in fashion long, at the most 50 years or so. Weighs 13.29g. | 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: | 43
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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