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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date. The brooch is ovate in plan with a raised central oval setting for paste or a glass gem which no longer remain. The rim around the central oval is decorated with a series of sinuate line and gilding. The pin lug with roughly half of the coils for the pin and a worn catchplate remain on the reverse of the brooch at opposing points on the longitudinal axis. The pin proper no longer remains.The metal has a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The brooch is 26mm long, 17.7mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 4.2g.Similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database for example Unique ID: BH-AF47F3 and SWYOR-B624E1, and are also illustrated in Hattatt, p.364, fig.223.
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