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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch, dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is lozengiform in plan, with a raised lozenge-shaped central boss. The perimeter edge of the brooch has been broken in places and suggests that the points would have had circular lugs or other decoration, now lost. Also, it is possible to detect scant traces of white enamel set within the central boss; however, this is uncertain as the fragment has become discoloured from its copper alloy setting and may be some type of deposition encrustation instead. The reverse is undecorated and has a circular hollow to accommodate the boss on the front surface. The remains of the pin mechanism indicate a simple hinge pin would have been used and a small portion of the vertical catchplate and the hinge remain, with traces of an iron pin in the hinge. The pin itself is now missing. The brooch measures 23.77 mm long, 16.49 mm wide, 4.16 mm thick and weighs 2.88 grams.For a similar example of lozenge-shaped plate brooches with lugs, cf. Hattatt 2007, Fig. 207, esp. 569. For a related style of plate brooch, which suggests a more elaborately decorated edge, cf. Hattatt 2007, Fig. 208, Nos. 1095-1583. Cf. also Bayley and Butcher 2004, Fig. 97, No. 364, p 128.
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