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Description: | An enamelled copper-alloy disc brooch of Roman date.The upper surface of the plate is decorated by a raised, sub-hexagonal pattern with a pellet at its centre and a further pellet at the end of each of its projecting corners. Traces of a yellow enamel inset are located in the recessed field between this design and the raised circumferential border. A small trace of a darker (possibly red) inset is contained within the central cell. The hinge, located adjacent to the top edge of the reverse, consists of a single perforated lug which forms a right angle with the plate; iron corrosion surrounds this hinge. The catchplate, located opposite, also consists of a right-angled lug, with angled inner side and rolled top.Dimensions: 20.2mm high, 19.9mm wide, 1.9mm thick. Weight: 4.18g.Parallels for this brooch are illustrated by Hattatt (2000: 344, nos. 518, 1409 and 118). Enamelled disc brooches of this form probably date from the late 1st to mid 3rd centuries AD.
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