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Description: | Roman cast copper-alloy disc brooch with enamelling dating from the 2nd century AD. The decoration consists of a central recessed circle which would have originally held a central boss of enamel or pastesurrounded by a raised ring. Around this is a further circle of raised circles on a slghtly recessed ground, which again probably held enamel. This is surrounded by a plain raised circle then an outer circle of blue enamel with a scalloped outer edge within a plain outer rim. On the back are the stubs of the catchplate and a a double lub to hold the sprung pin, now missing. It is 32.6mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick excluding the lugs, 5.3mm including and weighs 8.78 grams.This is a British type, Hull 257A and a close parallel is illustrated in Hattat (1989) p.118, no.1564. He mentions that 23 are known from Britain, 6 (including his) having the same scalloped outer order as this example while only 3 are known form the continent. Of the 23 known to Hattatt, 10 were from military contexts, mostly near Hadrians wall and the remainder had an Western and Northern distribution with none found in the South East (apart two in Hampshire). Of the 10 now recorded by the PAS the only example in the South East is on the Isle of Wight. Hattatt comments that distribution is unusual for brooches which often have a south eastern bias in distribution. This example is therefore outside the typical ditribution.
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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