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Description: | An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy and gilded plate brooch (c. 200-c. 350 AD).The brooch is a 'Centre-boss' type (or a gilded disc type) and would have once held a glass intaglio at the centre. It is circular in plan and has a central circular cell, 12.8mm in diameter. At the centre of the cell there is a small circular pit, 1.7mm in diameter. Outside the cell it has a bevelled border with an up-turned rim. The bevelled part has rouletted or punched decoration in the form of small short 'dashes'. The glass intaglio is lost and there are scant remains of decayed adhesive paste which would have held the glass in place. At the flat rear face there is a single incomplete pin-lug (6.3 x 2.8 x 1.8mm) and an incomplete catch-plate (10.9 x 4.9 x 2.1mm). The curled-over part that secured the pin is missing. The pin is also missing. The front and rear faces are corroded and pitted. The bevelled area and the rim have traces of gilding. Gilding is not present at the rear. As there is a pit at the centre of the front and rear face, there is a possibility that the brooch has been held in a lathe.Diameter: 22.6mm; thickness: 6.7mm. Weight: 4.09g.A similar brooch has been published and dated to the 3rd century AD (Hattatt 1987: 254, fig. 79, ref: 1214). Mackreth 1996 (321-322), suggests that such brooches were manufactured towards the end of the 2nd century and in the first quarter or half of the 3rd century. Bayley and Butcher (2004, 178-179) suggest that production may have continued into the 4th century.
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