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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch, probably of Romano-British date. The edge of the brooch is very irregular and as such it is not possible to determine whether any of the original edge of the brooch survives. This also means that the original diameter of the brooch is uncertain but it currently has a maximum diameter of 22.21mm. Although the brooch appears to be flat the upper surface is actually slightly shaped. Around the current edge is a slightly raised ridge c.3.80mm wide with a curved surface and this area has the remains of a white metal that has been applied to the surface (silvered or tinned). The brooch has a thickness of 1.74mm ober this outer field. On the inner side of this ridge the upper surface has a slightly raised line 0.59mm wide that borders the inner field that is slightly concave. At the centre is a circular perforation of 2.12mm diameter. There is no trace of white metal coating withing the central field or on the reverse of the brooch. The under side of the brooch is flat. A catch plate is present on the underside of the brooch, set against the current edge. The catchplate is trapezoidal in shape with a rectangular cross-section. The catchplate measures: height 3.38mm, length 5.14mm and thickness 2.29mm. A double lugg is set opposite the catchplate 1.56mm from the current edge of the brooch. The lugs are tounge shaped (rectangular with a curved or semi-circular top) with a rectangular cross-section. The lugs have a height of 4.40mm, a length of 3.90mm and occupy a width of 3.95mm. One lug is 0.77mm thick, the other has a thickness of 1.51mm and they are separated by a gap of c.0.86mm. It seems that a small circular perforation was present in the lugs, 1.47mm from the top, that had a diameter of c.0.85mm. One of these perforations is partially visible on one of the lugs but is not visible on the other, this might be as a result of the perforation being blocked by dried mud or corrosion material from the missing pin.No direct parallel has been found yet however Blagg, T. Plouviez, J. & Tester, A. 2004, show a brooch which is slightly similar, p.103-104, fig.68, no.185.
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