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Description: | A Roman cast copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch was originally circular in plan but is now a sub-oval due to abrasion and broken edges. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated, it has a central circular cell with a wide annulet bordering it. The edge of the brooch has a slight lip. Between this lip and the annulet there are six flattened pellet evenly spaced around the annulet. On the reverse there are two integral incomplete lugs on opposite edges and pointing to the centre. Around one lug there is iron staining and an incomplete perforation, the opposite edge was originally the catchplate. The pin is missing. The brooch has traces of a mid green/grey coloured patina. It measures 20.15mm diameter and 4.65mm thick. It weighs 2.9g.Hattat (Hattat, R. 1987 Brooches of Antiquity Oxbow) illustrates a very similar brooch, No. 1030 and dates it to the 2nd century. Bayley and Butcher (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 176) comments plate brooches continued into the early 3rd century. Worrell (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter) suggests they date between c.80 and c.250 AD.
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