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Description: | A cast, copper alloy Roman umbonate brooch, dating to between 100 - 250AD. The brooch is circular in shape with rounded protrusions at the four cardinal points. The front of the brooch is decorated with two rings of triangular cells surrounding a central point, all of which would have been decorated with enamel. The fourteen cells in the outer ring are filled with blue enamel and point inwards. The spaces between them are silvered. The inner circle of fourteen triangular cells are filled alternately with red and blue enamel. A circular ring cell round the centre is empty, as is the circular cell at the centre. There is a groove round the edge of the brooch, and further traces of silvering on the border and projecting knops. There is a small area of damage; a hole in the groove near the base. One knop, the one by the hinge of the pin, is pierced to make a loop. The reverse of the brooch is hollow. The metal is dark green. There is a double pin lug hidden behind the pierced knop, and a copper alloy hinged pin. The catch plate is behind the opposite knop.
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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