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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of 2nd-century AD date. The object has an old break with the catch-plate end of the brooch lost; the pin is now missing. The upper surface is flat and sub-oval in shape. The vestiges of a circular loop are visible at the top of the brooch. This loop is in the same plane as the face of the brooch. This surface has several recessed areas (cells) formed within raised decoration. Remains of blue and white enamel exist within much of the recessed areas on the borders. There is a central recess bearing a lozenge with incurving sides; emerging from the base of this is a piriform extension. The reverse of the object has the remains of two parallel semicircular lugs with a central hole; both have abraded through at this perforation. The brooch has a grey patina overall. It measures 24mm in length, 11.4mm at its widest point and is 2mm thick across the plate. It weighs 2.1 grams. Comparable brooches can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 354).
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