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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy plate brooch, probably a variant of the mid-first century 'keyhole' or degenerate rosette type. It has a circular plate with a slightly raised centre and circular hole in the centre, probably for riveting on a decorative disk. At the top and sides are rounded projecting knops, one of the side ones is broken and there is an old dent in the circular disk below it. At the bottom of the disk projects a wide'leg' with a broad raised transverse band at the top below which is flares outwards and divides into two opposing curved terminals, like a fish tail, one ending in a point and one bent inwards with old breaks. On the back is the corroded remains of a double lug for a hinge at the top and a rectangular catch-plate at the bottom, the tip of which is still bent over. The pin is missing. It is 37.9mm long, 22.7mm wide, 1.8mm thick, excluding the pin attachments, 6.9mm including; it weighs 3.33 grams. While the bifurcating terminal on this example is not paralleled in the usual sources it is similar to the 'keyhole' or debased rosette brooches which usually have a trapezoid leg with straight angled rather than curved sides projecting from a circular plate with recess and central hole. Bailey and Butcher (1993) p.122-3, no.348-9 illustrate two examples they see as degenerate rosette brooches (with hinges on the back rather than sprung or hinged heads) and date to the mid-1st century. Hattatt (1985) p.178-9, no.632-3 also illustrates two even more similar examples with three rounded knops as on this example and in one case a raised transverse band at the top of the leg as seen here.
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