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Description: | Roman copper alloy umbonate disc brooch, 25mm in diameter (31 long including pin lug and catch plate) and 6mm deep. The brooch is in fair condition, with some damage to its edges and weighs 5.10grams. The brooch is domed with a hollow reverse and has a protrusion at 12 and 6 O clock for the lug and catch plate. It also has small triangular protrusions at 3 and 9 O clock which are decorative. Its surface is decorated with two rows of triangular enamel cells arranged around a central circular cell. The larger outer row are filled with blue enamel. The inner smaller row are filled with alternate red and blue enamel. The reverse contains the catch plate and part of the double pin lug.The brooch matches eg. 128, fig 209, in Hattatt, R. A visual catalogue of ancient brooches.
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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