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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman disc brooch of the 2nd century AD. In the centre of the brooch is a circular cell. It is difficult to tell from the illustration provided (see notes, below) whether or not this is filled; on similar brooches with this feature the central cell is often found to be empty (Hattatt 1989, 119). Around it are two fields of enamel, between which the divider is scalloped, in eight segments. The inner field had a red enamel inlay, judging from a trace; it is uncertain what colour the enamel in the outer field would have been. Within the arc of each of the eight crescents is a dot. Hattatt (1989, 119) notes that all known examples of this type had a sprung pin; it is supposed that this example would have also had one, although it is now missing. From the profile view provided one rearward lug can be seen; there might have been a second which would have held the pin. Tending towards the edge on the reverse is the catchplate. The brooch features seven lugs, most of which are equally spaced around its periphery; an eighth has been lost. Hattatt has compiled a collection of brooches characterised by their scalloped divider. These can be found illustrated in Hattatt (1989, 120; fig. 56). | 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: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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