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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy plate brooch, incomplete, 2nd century. Lozenge-shaped plate with a rounded knop with plain collar at each corner. Raised border around the edge decorated with oblique incised lines. Central perforation containing remains of an iron shank from a rivet or stud. The pin is missing; it was held between two pierced lugs at one of the narrow corners, with a (now damaged) catchplate at the opposite corner. Broken loop at the top of the rounded knop at the corner with the pierced lugs for the pin. Remains of white metal coating on the reverse; no traces of this on the obverse. Mid green patina; some original surface missing revealing light blue-green corrosion. Length 47.2mm, width 27.6mm, max thickness (across lugs) 9.8mm, min thickness across plate (including raised border) 3.4mm, length of catchplate 19.9mm, diameter of central piercing 2.5mm, weight 9.66g.Sally Worrell PAS prehistoric and Roman Finds Advisor (pers comm) believes this could be of Gaulish origin.
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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