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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy disc brooch with inlaid enamel of Roman date (c. 80-250 AD) missing some enamel, the curl of the catchplate and the pin.The brooch is 20.20mm in diamter and is flat (1.52 mm thick). The plate is decorated with a six-pointed star around a copper alloy circle. The enamel within the star is red. The points of the star end in circular knops and two show evidence for gilding. The area between the outside of the star and the outer ring of the disc contains the remains of brown or black enamel.The reverse show the base of the catchplate and there are copper alloy projections which would have housed the spring for the pin. Compare to Richard Halstatt (2007), p.344 number 518. Compare also to SWYOR-A3F5C7 and WILT-1A2124.
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