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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled Roman disc brooch, dating to the 2nd/ 3rd century, between AD 100 ? 300 (diameter: 24mm; thickness at spring: 7mm; thickness of plate: 1.5mm; weight: 6.5g). A flat-sectioned circular disc brooch with a narrow and raised rim/ border running around the outside edge (width: 2mm). This border is part of a series of three concentric raised copper alloy platforms/ circles on this brooch with two recessed areas between them as well as a circular recessed area in the centre (diameter of central area: 7mm). The middle raised ring platform (diameter: 16.5mm) is more narrow than the other two with a width of 1mm, while the inner circular platform (diameter: 10.5mm) has the same width as the outer border. The outer recessed area has a substantial amount of light green or yellow enamel still present, while the middle recessed area is mostly filled with dark green enamel. The central circular recessed area, however, is completely empty but would have also originally contained enamel. At the back of the disc brooch, there are only fragments and bronze disease remaining of a cast copper alloy spring mechanism held between two protruding sub-circular lugs (length: 5mm; width: 5.5mm; thickness: 1.5mm) at a distance of 6mm apart. However, as a result of a large amount of iron corrosion in this area, the axis bar was made of iron. The terminals of the iron axis bar can also be seen on the outside edge of both lugs. The probable cast copper alloy pin is completely missing. The slightly incomplete cast copper alloy catchplate is still present at the opposing side to the spring. The catchplate (length: 9.5mm; width: 4.5mm; thickness: 1mm) is broken along the outside edge where it would have originally curved to one side to hold the pin (when complete) in place when the brooch was fastened onto an item of clothing. The back of the brooch is flat and undecorated. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. Similar disc brooches, although most of them hinged, are illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ?Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection?, pages 129 ? 134. According to Bayley & Butcher (page 176), disc plate brooches were ?widespread in most Roman provinces in the second and early third centuries?.The standardization of design and decoration seen in these brooches indicates that production must have been large-scale and highly organized.? | 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
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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