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Description: | A Roman copper alloy brooch. Lozenge-shaped central panel with four circular apertures. The central panel is borderedby a groove. There is a zoomorphic terminal with crescental scales and indented dot and circle eyes. It is not clear if there is another terminal at the other end which has bent back. The pin is missing but the hinge remains. There are traces of orange enamel on the central panel. Dating to circa 1st to 2nd century AD. 43mm long. No exact parallels can be found in Hattatt but the closest are nos. 1099-1101 in Hattat, 1987 'Brooches of Antiquity', page 204 and Fig. 64.
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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