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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of composite construction. Its upper face features two raised concentric rings which act as a border. Within this border are punched semicircles. The main field features a separate attachment consisting of a raised annulet from which protrude five protruding lugs equally spaced; the lugs abut the raised border. Through a central boss is a perforation through which a pin survives holding the attachment in place. Ferrous corrosion product around the pin, and extending all over the main field, suggests that the in was made of iron. Within the outer border are traces of gilding, these are also in the main field.The lower surface has a perforated pin lug at one end; this has been broken at the point of perforation; the pin is missing. The sub-trapezoidal catch-plate at the other end has been seemingly abraded slightly. To one side is further orange-brown corrosion product suggesting that the pin was made of iron. The object has corroded to a variable green colour. Similar brooches can be found illustrated in the literature (Hattatt 2000, 365; refs. 550, 1216) and on this database - ref. YORYM-F7C9F2.
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