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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of the oval gilded glass centre-boss type, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin and intaglio. The oval plate retains much of its gilding on the upper surface. The outer circumference of the plate is raised, as is a ridge between it and the setting. The setting is raised even more prominently and measures 16.1 by 11.0mm internally; as stated, the intaglio is lost. Between the setting and ridge, and ridge and edge, the upper surface is decorated with finely punched crescents. On the lower surface of the brooch is a very low longitudinal ridge with the catch-plate at one end and the single pin lug at the other, both surviving well. The catch-plate is sub-rectangular, angled at the top, with a low extension into the brooch at the base (total web: 12.2mm). The pin lug is rounded towards the edge of the brooch and is broadly a quarter circle shape. Within a central perforation are the corroded remains of an iron axis bar. Extensive areas of tinning can be seen on the surface, with longitudinal striations visible. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 364; fig. 223).
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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