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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy flat, enamelled disc brooch, probably dating from the late 1st to mid 3rd century AD.The damaged plate is of thin section, with a series of shallow settings, most of which have lost all trace of their original insets. At the centre is a circular setting surrounded by a ring-shaped moulding. Two further, concentric, ring-shaped settings surround the central cell, the inner one punctuated by a ring of raised pellets. A small area of dark blue enamel is attached to one of these pellets and represents the only remaining trace of enamel on the brooch. The hinge, located at the top of the flat reverse, comprises two right-angled lugs, which are separated by a central gap and linked at the top by a low arm. The now-missing axis bar would have been located within the two opposing holes in the hinge lugs and would have held in place the spring, which is also absent. The catchplate is situated at the opposite end of the plate and comprises a right-angled lug with rolled top side.Dimensions: 24mm long, 22mm wide (diameter of disc), 1mm thick. Weight: 2.39g.
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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