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Description: | A Roman Period, copper alloy disc brooch; 20.85mm in length, 18.21mm wide and 7.04mm thick. The brooch weighs 4.32g and is similar to no.118 in fig. 203 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue, and is decorated with two cells.The brooch is circular in form and rectangular in section, and consists of a central circular raised area followed by a 5 pronged star with circular protrusions at each point. The cell between these raised areas is filled with red enamel. The star is surrounded by a circular border.The reverse of the brooch is flat with an incomplete copper alloy catch plate which runs a third of the way in, and the copper alloy spring showing three coils and surrounded by iron staining.
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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