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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman disc brooch. This brooch is circular in plan. It has a surviving diameter of 33.6mm, is 1.86mm thick and weighs 4.36g. The field of the disc surface is divided by raised concentric lines, one that borders the entire disc, another set 5.4mm in, and a final, thicker line set 4.6mm from that line. This divides the surface into a central dot surrounded by a double band. The central dot appears to be devoid of enamel but the now bright green copper alloy surface is visible. The inner band has traces of enamel, now a patchwork of yellow and green, within which are the remains of two decorative circles of enamel. These two circles each comprise of two red enamel concentric circles that contain alternating rectangles of blue and white enamel. The rest of this band is missing the enamel and appears to hold the remains of the now bright green copper alloy surface. The outer band also has partial enamel surviving. This enamel has been set into separate rectangular cells, one design which is red enamel containing a blue enamel petalled flower (one with a central dot and eight petals around is fairly clear). These cells are divided every other cell with a cell of copper alloy, incised with a starburst pattern that radiates from a dot of red enamel. Four of the enamel cells survive, with three copper alloy, and presumably continued for the circumference of the disc. Otherwise this border contains the remains of the now bright green copper alloy surface. The reverse of the brooch carries the remains of the catchplate, which is solid but missing its curl. The rest of the fixing mechanism has been lost with the rest of the brooch, as has the pin. The patina of the object is mostly an even dark brown to the raised lines on the front and back with some patches of lighter green, as mentioned in the decorative bands. Break edges are worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. Brooches of this type date from the mid 1st to late 2nd century AD. Examples of various designs of disc brooch can be seen in Hattatt 1985, figure 60, with number 521 being quite similar. | 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: | 50
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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