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Description: | A cast copper-alloy late Roman plate brooch dating to the third or fourth century AD. The brooch is oval in shape and has an intact conical oval setting of dark, almost black, glass. The setting is bordered by a raised collar. The oval plate is decorated with a gilded geometric design but as much of the gilding is worn and missing the exact design is difficult to determine. The catchplate survives on the reverse, folded at the top to clutch the pin. The remains of the pin lug survive at the opposite end to the catchplate, but most of the lug is missing, along with the pin itself. Traces of gilding survive on the reverse but most is missing. The surface metal has been abraded in most places and the parts of the brooch on which no traces of gilding survive are a purple brown in colour. The brooch measures 25.28 mm long, 19.09 mm wide, 7.71 mm thick and it weighs 5.5 grams. These brooches are discussed by Bayley and Butcher (2004, pages 178-9), where they are dated to the third to fourth centuries AD.
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