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Description: | A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of disc type, with enamelled decoration (c. 2nd century AD). The brooch is circular in plan, and broadly flat in section, although the upper surface of the brooch exhibits a slight curvature, and has a raised central moulded boss. The central area surrounding this boss is concave, and has a plain red enamel coating. The remainder of the brooch forms one band which has been divided into 16 small segments of alternating coloured enamel; much of the red remains in situ but has decayed considerably, whilst the alternate windows that might have held an alternative colour (possibly blue?) are mostly empty. The underside of this artefact is flat and undecorated, although the central boss from the upper surface is just slightly piercing the underside. The head of the hinge pin remains, along with traces of the catch plate, although both are worn and the body of the pin is absent. This artefact has a variable green to brown corrosion patina, and the decorative elements of this artefact can broadly be compared with Hattatt (2000: 345, fig. 204, nos. 123, 125 and 532; also 1982: 139, fig. 58 no. 123).The brooch measures 29.5mm in diameter, 5.9mm thick and it weighs 17.94 grams.
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