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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman disc brooch (2nd century AD). Its upper face features three raised concentric rings: one encompassing the central section of the of the brooch, one at the border, and one around halfway. The raised concentric rings have delineated three concentric circles. There is some blue enamel in the outer circle. A roughness in the middle circle suggests that this too would have been inlaid with enamel. A smoothness in the inner circle suggests that this would have been plain. The lower surface has a double semicircular perforated pin lug at one end; the corroded remains of the iron spring mechanism survive between the two elements; the pin is missing. The catch-plate at the opposite end has been heavily abraded with only a rectangular strip surviving (L.: 11.7mm). The object has a mid/dark-green patina. It has suffered significant circumferential losses as well as losses to the raised rings. It has been bent upwards slightly at one side as a result of old damage. Roman disc brooches can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 344; fig. 203).
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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