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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD 150-300) enamelled oval plate brooch, missing a central oval (probably paste or glass) intaglio, some of the enamel decoration and the spring and pin to the reverse. The brooch is 25.35mm in length, 21.25mm wide, 7.75mm thick and weighs 4.99 grams.The central setting is missing but the area measures 110.65mm in length, 7.9mm wide. Around this central area is a c.2mm thick copper alloy band. A similar band flanks the outside edge, though is worn and broken away in places. The area between the two bands is a single cell filled with alternating blue and white enamel (four of each, although only three blue survive and only a few patches of white). The blue areas appear to be wider (perhaps twice as wide) as the white areas.The reverse of the brooch has a single pierced lug for the axis bar, and below a horizontal notched catchplate, as seen on many knee brooches. The line between the two is a little raised.Bayley and Butcher comment of this brooch type that most examples occur in central and southern Britain and very few from abroad. Those that have been found in datable contexts suggest a mid-2nd century to 3rd century date (2004 p.178).
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