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Description: | A cast copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of Roman date (80-250 AD). The brooch is oval - however originally broadly circular in plan. The front face is relatively flat with an inlaid design formed from three coloured glasses / enamels. The pattern comprises a central circular cell of green (now grey) colour enclosed within a cell shaped like a six pointed star filled with red enamel. The points of the star each have another annulet of green enamel at their point. These sit within a border of blue enamel enclosed by the rim of the brooch with a raised ridge around it. The rear of the brooch is flat. The upper part contains an incomplete abraded pin hinge. On the opposite edge to the spring are the remains of a slight projection most probably a catch-plate. This is cast integral to the brooch and is sub rectangular in plan and profile; the outer edge of the catchplate is abraded and the pin rest lost. The brooch is a mid-light green colour with an even patina which is abraded; the edges are fragmentary and suffering from significant copper corrosion / bronze disease. The brooch has been distorted by movement in the plough soil with one edge being removed entirely by movement. This plate brooch is similar to a number recorded in a Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches all of which have been dated to the 2nd century AD figure 203, page 344 specifically brooches 118 and 1409 (Brampton - Norfolk).The brooch measures 21.3mm length, 17.8mm width is 6.1mm thick across the hinge and 1.8mm thick across the plate of the brooch. It weighs 2.97 grams.
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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