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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy Roman disc brooch with peripheral lugs dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete as several of the peripheral lugs are absent along with the pin; an additional separate boss that might have fitted through the central aperture is also missing. The brooch is circular in plan and flat in section and pierced by a small central aperture (diameter 1.55mm). At the circumference the brooch retains four partially complete and heavily worn peripheral lugs, with the upper central lug and the lug to the lower left side missing. At the point where the pin would have attached to the reverse of the brooch a rounded 'w' shaped aperture is visible, possibly indicating an intended removal through clipping rather than loss through wear. On the underside of the brooch, the sub-rectangular in section catchplate is retained (measuring 5.6mm in length by 4.7mm in width), and is slightly bent to the left side. The upper surface of this brooch is very green in colour, and a shallow groove that runs the circumference of the brooch might suggest that this central colour is the remains of a worn enamel on the surface. This brooch has a mid-green colour overall and can be paralleled by similar brooches illustrated in Hattatt (2000: 345, fig. 204, particularly no. 533 and 1047) which suggest this form had a central boss.This brooch has a diameter of 24.1mm and a thickness of 0.95mm and weighs 2.51 grams.
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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