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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled equal-ended plate brooch (AD 100-200).The pin and hinge mechanism (and some of the enamel) is missing.This brooch has a lozenge-shaped plate with side lugs and the head and foot are set back from the plate. The front is recessed within a raised flat border measuring 2.35mm in width. At the centre of the front is a raised annulet with a recessed centre and a slightly recessed concentric circle around it. The central circular cell is partially filled with decayed enamel now coloured orange and the recessed circle around it has a fleck of blue enamel. The corners have no trace of surface treatment. At each outer side of the corner of the plate there is a small lozenge-shaped lug which is decorated with three ring-and-dot motifs. A tiny portion of each lug is missing due to breaks or corrosion. The head is set well back and has a prominent horizontal rib. The foot is similar to the head but is smaller in width and is not set back quite so far as the head. At the rear of the head there are is a pair of parallel pin lugs which are perforated to accommodate an axis bar for the missing pin. Each lug is 'D'-shaped in side profile and the diameter of the perforations is about 1.4mm. Behind the foot a catch-plate, 'D'-shaped in side profile, is missing the curled-over part that secured the pin tip.This brooch is corroded and pitted in places and also has a green patina which is more even at the rear than elsewhere.Height: 35.48mm; width: 27.74mm; thickness of plate: 2.17mm; overall thickness: 9.64mm. Weight: 3.97g.Similar brooches have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: KENT-501894; KENT-CD3CE4; NMS-001877; WILT-0C1321 and WILT-54E2D5.
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