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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. In plan the brooch is a lozenge with slightly concave edges. Each corner has an integral knop, the side corners have a single knop the upper and lower corners have a bifurcated knop. In the centre there is a bulbous headed decorative rivet whose stem on the reverse is bent over to secure it in place. The rivet head is actually a circular cell which appears to be filled with a substance, possibly enamel which is slightly domed in profile. This rivet head is seated within a low-relief circular cell which has two moulded concentric rings as decoration. The reverse of the brooch has a solid catchplate at one terminal, and a pair of integral perforated lugs through which the axis bar is situated. Only a fragment of one of these lugs remains. The pin is curled around the axis bar and then tapers to a sharp point. The brooch has developed a dark green shiny patia, and there are traces of a white metal alloy on the upper surface. It measures 32.97mm long, 21.98mm wide, 6.68mm thick and weighs 2.7g.The brooch is a composite early plate brooch, and a similar one is, if more incomplete, illustrated in Plouviez (Plouviez, J 2004 'The Brooch Catalogue' in Blagg, T., Plouviez, J and Tester, A 2004 Excavations at a Large Romano-British Settlement at Hacheston, Suffolk, 1973-74 East Anglian Archaeology 106) No. 166 which is described as being a Riha (Riha, E. 1979 Die Romischen Fibeln aus Augst und Kaiseraugst in Augst 3 (Basel) type7.4.1 which is widely distributed in the Roman Empire and dated to the mid 1st century. Plouviez (ibid; 101) comments that this is a Continental brooch which has the white metal alloy coating which would not have reached Britain before 43 AD.
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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