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Description: | Roman cast copper-alloy plate brooch dating to the late 2nd to early 3rd century AD. The brooch is a circular disc with a slight rim containing a recessed field. Within the field is a raised outline of a hexagon with concave sides and the points enlarged into circular dots. Between the hexagon and the rim the field contains traces of blue enamel. At the centre of the hexagon is a further raised circular dot and the area between the dot and the outline of the hexagon is decorated with red enamel. On the back the remains of the lower half of the catch plate and opposite it a broken single pierced lug. There are extensive traces of tinning on the raised surfaces. It is 21.5mm in diameter, 2.4mm thick, 4.7mm including the catchplate and weighs 5.04 grams.Mackreth (2011) illustrates two very similar examples, p.108, no.11599 and 10656, SUSS-032907 and LEIC-6A9867 on this database are also similar and complete with enamel. Bayley and Butcher (2004: 178) suggest this form is British and dates to the later 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
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