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Description: | A copper alloy Roman plate brooch, a conical umbonate type dating from the 2nd or early 3rd century. The brooch is circular with a conical centre. The centre is decorated with eight radial triangular cells filled alternately with red and blue enamel. There is a groove round the base of the cone, and then a flat rim. protruding from the edge of this are eight (one is missing) lobes, probably originally circular, but none survive complete. There each have a ring and dot motif, but are not enamelled. The reverse of the brooch is hollow. Part of the catchplate survives and there is a double lug for the pin, with part of the pin and the axis bar surviving. The metal has a grey green patina. The brooch is similar to number 1063 on page 350 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue, but the edge lobes are all the same size and there are fewer cells for the enamel.
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