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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the umbonate type, dating from AD 100 - 250. The body of the brooch is circular and domed, the underside being concave. It is decorated with a sunburst consisting of three elements. In the centre is a narrow circular groove, within which is a raised ring and a deeply punched central dot. Surrounding this is a circle of deeply incised triangles, the apices pointing inwards, then a further ring of larger triangles, again with the apices pointing inwards, before a broad groove separates the main body from a flattened rim. All of the triangles contained enamel, of which some traces remain; that in the smaller triangles appears orange, that in the larger is a dark red. The reserved metal appears to have been silvered. There are four small lugs spaced equidistantly around the rim; one of them forms the foot at the end of the pin mount; and the one diametrically opposite to the foot was pierced with a circular hole but has broken in antiquity and only a small portion now remains. A section of the rim has also broken away and is missing.. The copper alloy pin, the double pin lug and the catch plate remain in place. The brooch has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 26mm long, 21.9mm wide and 10.9mm thick. It weighs 4.17gm.Similar brooches are illustrated in Hattat, 2000, Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, page 346, figure 205.
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