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Description: | A Roman cast copper alloy lozenge shaped Early Plate brooch dating from the early part of the 1st century AD. The brooch is lozenge shaped with concave sides. There are bifurcated lobed lugs at the top and bottom, now very worn, with plain lugs on either side; one of which has been broken away. In the centre there is a rivetted boss surrounded by a circular channel which may once have contained enamel. This in turn is surrounded by a raised circular collar and another concentric channel. The reverse is undecorated with a circular rivet in the centre. The remains of the pin mechanism and the catch plate are still in place; the pin is missing. A similar example can be seen in Hattat's Brooches of Antiquity page 161, ref 1000. Hattat dates this type of brooch to the Claudian period, suggesting that some of these brooches were in Britain prior to the invasion of AD.43.The brooch is 35.5mm long, 25mm wide, 1.3mm thick and weighs 3grams.
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