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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy gilded and tinned (or silvered) oval plate brooch (AD 200-350) of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type, missing the glass setting from the centre and possibly part of the pin.The central oval cell for the missing setting has walls c.2.7mm high and rather damaged and squashed in places. The dimensions are 18.81x13.39x3.51mm and traces of a pale corrosion or fixant are visible around the edges.The plate surrounding the centre is gilded and decorated with a wavy line (similar to conjoined S shapes) within two raised ribs decorated with rope-effect diagonal grooves, one of which flanks the central area, the other the outside rim which is thickened and raised.To the reverse are traces of silvering or tinning. At one end is a D-shaped lug with axis bar and spring coil to either side, and cord curling beneath. The pin extends to one side and is bent and a little thin. At its present length it would not reach the catchplate at the opposite end of the brooch.The brooch measures 28.89x25.31 (without pin measurement to side it is 21.79mm wide) x10.71mm and weighs 9.2gPlate brooches usually date to the second and third centuries, while 'glass centre boss' types are thought to be slightly later, to the third if not the fourth century (Bayley & Butcher, 2004, p.178).
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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