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Description: | Copper-alloy plate brooch, lozenge shaped with lugs, 2nd century AD. This is probably an equal ended type of lozenge brooch as there is no sign of side knobs, although these might have broken off. At the top corner of the lozenge is the remains of what was probably a loop whose external diameter was not less than 5.16mm and internal diameter not less than 2.39mm. It is not possible to determine whether there was an identical protrusion on the opposite lower corner due to damage to the edge of the brooch. The back of the brooch has a flat boarder and circular hollow at the centre. Behind the top corner of the brooch are two closely set lugs, between which the copper-alloy pin is hinged. The lugs are 4.49mm by 4.81mm and c.1.70mm thick. The pin is c.1.91mm wide tapering to c.0.45mm wide. The full length of the pin survives however it has been bent round and the tip now points back towards the lugs. The front of the brooch consists of two steps, following the lozenge shape with parallel sides, 2.27mm wide and c.1.24mm high and a third central lozenge cell 3.37mm high. This central cell is a recess surrounded by a raised border c.1.20mm higher than the centre of the cell. The recess might possibly have originally been filled by a stone, glass, enamel etc. however this is uncertain as nothing is currently present within the recess. The two outer shallow steps are decorated by thin transverse parallel incised lines approximately 0.54mm apart. Overall current dimensions: Length 24.44mm, width 24.48mm, thickness 10.45mm, weight 4.44g. Taking into account the damage to the bottom of the brooch it can be estimated that the brooch is likely to have originally been at least 30.30mm in length.See Richard Hattatt's 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches' page 348, fig. 207, item 1087.
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