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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled flat disc brooch (AD 80-250). PUT IN REFERENCE WHEN ABLEThe pin is missing.At the front the plate has a central circular cell containing decayed enamel now coloured bright orange. It is surrounded by a concentric cell containing decayed enamel that varies in colours drab green and drab blue. There is a rim at the periphery. At the rear there are the stubs of a pair of parallel pin lugs that accommodated an axis bar for the missing pin. Opposite the lugs there is the stub of a catch-plate.Half of the rear face has a greenish brown patina and the other half is covered with bright green corrosion products. A small portion of the rim is missing.Worrell (2007), dates flat enamelled disc brooches to AD 80-250.Diameter: 19.61mm; thickness of plate: 3.02mm; overall thickness: 4.17mm. Weight: 3.09g.
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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