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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy equal-ended plate brooch of Roman 2nd century AD date.This brooch is circular in plan with a diameter of 20.94mm and has a central circular aperture of 9.00mm. The edges of the brooch have raised borders creating a design of concentric circles. The recessed field between the raised borders contains the remains of a light blueish-green glassy substance, probably enamel. Four decorative knops are spaced equidistantly around the outer edge of the brooch. These knops increase the diameter of the brooch to a width and height of 36.28mm, meaning that each of the knops has a length of c.7.67mm. The knops are formed of three zones. The first of these zones, adjacent to the circular body of the brooch, are sub-rectangular in shape with a width of 5.47mm and formed of a raised transverse collar with a transverse groove above and below. The central zone is the largest part of the knop, oval in shape with a width of 8.45mm. The upper surface of each of these central zones is decorated with two concentric circle designs. These designs are formed of a central pellet surrounded by a groove, annulet and groove. The tip of the knops, the third or external zone, is triangular in shape with a maximum width, next to the central zone, of 1.89mm and tapering to a point. The triangular catch-plate survives on the reverse surface. The catch-plate, which is present below one knop and part of the brooch body, has a length of 11.46mm, width of 1.25mm and height of 4.29mm. The catch-plate return is incomplete. On the reverse of the knop opposite the catch-plate a double lug is present. These lugs have a length of 4.21mm, height of 4.14mm and cover a width of 3.68mm, each lug having a width of c.0.85mm. The pin is missing.Weight is 4.49g, thickness is 1.89mm not including the catch-plate or double lugs.See PAS record number HAMP-80ABB6 and Hattatt p.352-353, no's. 1104, 1105 & 1119.
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