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Description: | Roman copper alloy disc brooch dating from 80 to 250 AD. It consists of a circular plate with a catchplate and lug on the back. The front has a raised design consisting of six arcs, points touching the outer edge of the plate forming six points. Within this curving line is a raised central circle. It is likely that the space between the raised design and the disc would have been inlaid with glass or enamel which is now mostly lost. There is small traces of possible red enamel and a darker inlay within the central circle, possibly blue. The brooch is incomplete; the pin is missing from the back. It has also suffered some damage that has resulted in a slight bend to the plate. There is a 'D' shaped lug on the back, from which the remains of a sprung pin projects, the shaft of the pin has been broken at the spring and lost. Opposite the lug is a catchplate, a small trapezoidal shaped plate projecting from the back of the disc which would have curved at the top to house the pin. The curved section appears to now be broken and worn. It measures approximately 31mm in diametre.There are similar examples of this style of disc brooch on the database, e.g. WILT-CD9982 with only four curves around the outer edge. Hattatt (2000: 344) illustrates a disc brooches of this stlye with a variety of designs.
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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