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Description: | An incomplete disc-shaped plate brooch dating from the Roman period. The brooch is circular in plan with a raised outer edge and two pronounced concentric circular settings in the middle. The external ridged edge and the pronounced ridge of the middle circle are narrow and the same in width. The central circular ridge is much thicker and has a 'stub' of metal which appears to have been broken off, whether this is a casting fault or part of some additional decoration is unknown. Between the middle ridge and the central ridge there appears to be traces of a paste (now yellow in colour), this could be traces of an adhesive which would have held a central gem in place. The reverse of the brooch is flat with a double lug holding the remains of the spring. The pin is missing and the catchplate is incomplete. All the breaks present on the brooch a fairly worn. The brooch has a mid reddish-green patina. This disc brooch dates to the 2nd Century AD. See Hattatt, p344, fig.203.
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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