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Description: | Cast copper alloy Disc brooch. Roman. 2nd century AD.Disc brooch 20mm in diameter and 1mm thick. The raised areas of the face have been silvered. A raised border, 1.2mm wide, runs around the outer edge of the disc. An inner circle, 2mm wide, leaves a central field 4.5mm in diameter. Within the outer field are 8 raised pellets. The enamel fields are 0.5mm deep. No enamel survives.The reverse is blank. The catchplate and two lugs to hold the spring mechanism survive intact. The spring and pin is missing. Some slight pitting in the reverse, otherwise in very good condition. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's 'Ancient and Romano-British Brooches', fig. 1029.
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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