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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy disc or plate brooch of tutulus type, dating to the Roman period, circa AD175-250. The hinge, pin and most of the catchplate are missing. There is also circumferential loss to the plate - approximately 95% of the plate survives. The brooch is sub circular in plan view. In section the brooch has central hollow conical projection which rises in two steps with a small central knop. The plate has a rimmed edge leading to a recessed field surrounding the cone. The base of the cone is surrounded by a narrow rib. The cone rises in two tiers. Both tiers have an outward curving lip. The cone is crowned with a rounded knop. The reverse is plain. A rounded lug, the remnants of the catchplate, survives on one side. Two stubs on the opposing side are the remains of the hinge. The brooch has a dark green / brown patina and an abraded surface. Soil still adheres to the surface of the brooch. A similar brooch recorded under reference WILT-D5B406 is clearly tinned. This brooch may originally have been tinned but no evidence survives. Comparable examples of brooches are recorded in Hattatt: 1987, p186, figs 106-9. Diameter: 22.64mm. Thickness of the plate is 10.98mm which increases to 13.99mm when including the catchplate. Weight: 3.6g.
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