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Description: | A cast copper alloy Umbonate disc brooch of Roman date. The disc has four projections around its circumference: two for the hinge mechanism and the catchplate which are ordinated on the horizontal axis, and a further two smaller decorative projections across the vertical axis. The main body of the brooch is distinctly domed and is decorated with an outer recessed border, two concentric rings of small triangular cells and a central circular cell. Some of the indented cells show traces of enamelling though all were presumably decorated in this manner, alternating between red and blue. The reverse is concave. On the reverse of the brooch the pin is still present and is attached by a double-lug hinge. The pin is bent. The metal is a dark brownish-green colour and while the decorated side survives in good condition, the reverse is quite pitted. The brooch is 29.6mm long, 6.7mm thick and weighs 5.5g. Brooches of this type date to the 2nd century AD. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, p350, fig.209, no.128.
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