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Description: | A silver-gilt brooch of Roman date. A 1st to 2nd century AD lugged lozengiform plate brooch of unusual composite construction. The decorative front plate has repoussé ornament comprising a petalled motif within a beaded border. Traces of gilding remain, especially near the centre. It was secured to the plain back-plate by small dome-headed rivets at the centre and in the four projecting lugs (those at top and bottom now lacking). The catchplate and hinged pin assembly, now broken at both ends, is held by the central rivet and, probably, by the missing rivets at the top and bottom of the lozenge. The object measures 27.5mm high (surviving) by 26.5mm wide and 4.2mm thick. It weighs 4.76g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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