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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy second century circular plate brooch. The brooch has a moulded front and projecting knops top and bottom, the lower of which conceals the catchplate. The edge is damaged all the way round making it unclear if there were originaly other projecting knops. The brooch is flat with the front decorated with a series of concentric circles, first a raised rim probably decorated with pellets, then a indented circle, then a raised circle, then a wide indented circle containing the remains of red enamel, then another raised circle with a raised pellet in the centre. The inner circle and pellet are rough and there may have been a decorative hub or boss at this point, now lost; there is no clear evidence of attachment for a boss on the back. There is possibly an inlaid cell of blue enamel on the pointed oval knop at the foot concealing the catchplate. The knop at the head is broken and it's shape is unclear. On the back is the stub of a catchplate and remains of a double lug to hold a hinge for the pin. It is 31.0mm long, 20.4mm wide and 2.5mm thick excluding the lugs on the back, 4.7mm including. It weighs 3.15 grams.
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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