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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The body of the brooch is circular in shape, and is hollow in the reverse. It appears there would have been a recessed border all around the edge, but most of this has broken away. This appears to be an old break. There are two small globular protrusions at opposite sides where the catch plate a pin would have been positioned. The catchplate is no longer present, however a small part of the pin remains. This is corroded in place though. The front of the brooch is decorated with 2 concentric rings of triangles, the points facing to the center and the outer triangles being larger than the central ones. The triangles are decorated with enamel, alternating red and blue. This type of brooch is known as a umbopnate disc brooch, dating to the 2nd century AD. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, p.350, fig.209, no.128. Same type of brooch can be found on the database YORYM-E3BC32
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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