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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy (and once enameled), Roman (AD 80-250) flat disc brooch (moulded type, with projecting foot) with an incomplete pierced lug and missing its spring arrangement and pin. All the enamel is also missing. It measures 21.53mm in length and 17.63mm in width/ diameter. It weighs 2.3g.The brooch is decorated with a central ring c.5mm in diameter, missing its c.2mm diameter setting. It is surrounded by a sunken field with six equi-distant raised pellets. The edge is flanked by a c.2mm wide rim.A tiny lozenge-shaped foot extends, behind which is the now-bent catchplate. The lug above is broken across the piercing.In, "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007), dates flat enamelled disc brooches to AD 80-250.
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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