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Description: | An incomplete cast, enamelled disc brooch of Roman date (AD 80 - 250), missing some of the enamel decoration, the spring, pin and the curl of the catchplate. The brooch has suffered some circumferential losses. The brooch measures 20.05mm in length, 17.95mm wide, 4.35mm thick and weighs 2.70grams.The brooch is flat (2.25mm thick) and decorated with a six-pointed star around a single copper alloy pellet. The points of the star terminate in a circular knop. The area between the star and the outside edge contains blue enamel. The area inside the star contains red enamel.An the lug and catchplate are damaged and incomplete, the spring and pin are missing.Cf. Hattatt 2007 p.344, fig.203, nos.118, 518, 1409. In Roman Brooch Timeline (2007), Worrell dates flat enamelled disc brooches to AD 80-250.
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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