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Description: | Copper alloy enamelled disc or plate brooch from the 2nd- 3rd centuries AD.It is hexagonal in plan with a circular plate on each edge, and is raised with a hollow reverse. It is mostly complete with just the pin and one of the six circular plates has broken off. The plate which has broken off would have had the catchplate on the reverse. The top plate has two semi-circular plates set perpendicular to it through which the axis bar would have sat. There is the remains of some iron corrosion on these plates Each of the plates is decorated with three grooved concentric circles on the front.The outer edge of the brooch is deocrated with grooved lines all the way around. The centre is raised further and is decorated with enamel. The main field is a dark blue with six circular dots. Each dot has a red centre with a white edge. The upper part of the main field is now missing, with two of the dots damaged. In the centre of the main field is an annulet of copper alloy which is filled with enamel with a red field and a dark blue (or possibly black) circle in the centre with a cross.
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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