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Description: | A worn and incomplete Roman cast plate brooch of 2nd-century date. This flat brooch has an annular body with circular open centre (Dia.: 8.9mm). At the cardinal points are four protrusions which have suffered differing levels of abrasion. On the lower surface on the two complete, opposing protrusions are, respectively, the abraded catch-plate and the perforated, semi-circular double pin lug. The pin is missing, but the axis bar seems to partially survive. The more complete protrusions are divided from the main annular field by a circular border on the upper surface. There is another border at the open centre. The protrusion adjacent to the pin lug has a perforation, possibly for holding a chain. The two other surviving protrusions are decorated with enamel. That with the catch-plate is triangular and filled with light-blue enamel. The other is circular and recessed; traces of an orange enamel survive within. Within the border the main field also has evidence of enamel radiating out towards the edge in sections. That which survives is a light red colour. The reverse is mostly flat and undecorated; there is ridge in the same plane as the pin lug and catch-plate. The metal is now a dark red-brown colour with patches of off-white corrosion product in places.
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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