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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date. The brooch is circular in plan with concentric circular decoration with detail picked out with gilding. A small raised central circular element within a slightly larger circular setting is present and it is likely that these held paste or a glass gem though these no longer remain. Circumferentially around the larger setting continuous outward facing crescents are picked out with gilding around which is a gilt rope work design. The outer border of the brooch is decorated with parallel "S" shapes again gilt. The reverse is undecorated and bears the remains of the pin hinge and catchplate though the pin itself no longer remains.The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 44.4mm in diameter, 6.6mm thick and weighs 27.9g.A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt, p.364, fig.223, no.1214.
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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