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Description: | Cast copper alloy umbonate plate brooch length 38.5mm, width 35mm, thickness 15.5mm, weight 13.6g. The brooch is circular and domed. The dome of the brooch is decorated with a moulded ring and dot in the centre and two concentric rings of triangular cells in a sunburst pattern, all of the cells are filled with blue enamel. Below the enamelled cells is a deep recessed border. The outside edge has eight roundel knops, each decorated with a moulded ring and dot with the exception of the topmost example which is a hollow, thus forming a loop.The mount for the pin is compete and the complete pin is still retained. Also the catch plate is complete. Umbonate brooches are distinctively Romano-British and are rarely found on the continent. These date to the 2nd century.
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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