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Description: | Roman copper alloy oval plate brooch of 1st to 3rd century AD dateThe brooch is heavily worn and is missing the spring, setting and some of the periphery (with a surviving length of 30.4mm, a surviving width of 23.6mm and a weight of 4.9g). The brooch probably employed a spring mechanism, secured around a single pierced lug. The lug and catch-plate survive as stubs on the rear (the eroded lug gives the brooch a maximum surviving depth of 5.1mm). The reverse is convex rises to a central swelling the lug and catch-plate. The brooch had an outer flange, now largely lost. At the apex and base there appears to be remnants of peripheral lug, possibly with the remnant of a chain-loop. There was a circular channel rising to a rib (with a diameter of 15.2mm) around a central cell for a setting, now lost. At the centre of the cell is a circular depression, which may have helped secure the setting. No traces of gilding survive and the surface has a dark green where it survives.The brooch is difficult to closely parallel, although the components are evident on plate of different types dating from the 1st to the 3rd centuries 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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