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Description: | Cast copper alloy Disc brooch. Roman. 2nd century AD.Complete Disc brooch. 21 mm in diameter and 1mm thick. The edge is raised slightly to creat a field to hold enamel. Six raised pellets, 3mm in diameter and rasied 1mm above the disc, arranged in a circle with one pellet on the centre. An inwardly curved border of copper alloy connects each pellet (not the central pellet) to create a star pattern. The inner field is filled with red enamel. The outer field is filled with a shiny black neillo. Some of the enamel is chipped but is in otherwise excellent condition.The reverse is blank. The catchplate and the two lugs to hold the spring mechanism are intact. The spring and pin are intact, although the pin is slightly bent to the left, meaning that it no longer connects to the catchplate. The spring has three turns.A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's 'Ancient and Romano-British Brooches', fig. 118.
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