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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy and enamelled object, probably a decorative stud, of Roman date. It is missing most of its edges and the integral stud/rivet due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is flat and disc-shaped in form. On its front face are the remains of enamelled decoration comprising an outer annular field and a central circular field separated by a moulded copper-alloy wall. The central field is filled with yellow enamel that has a dark blue or black annulet towards its centre. In contrast, the outer field has green enamel decorated with evenly spaced and alternating red and black annulets, each with yellow enamel at their centre. The back face of the object is flat and undecorated with an area of corrosion towards its centre that might be indicative of a now missing integral lug or rivet. It measures 19.23mm in surviving length, 17.38mm in surviving width, 2.22mm in thickness and 2.16g in weight.This is an incomplete cast copper-alloy and enamelled object of Roman date. Its form suggests it was probably used as a decorative stud, although the lack of any obvious means of attachment raises the possibility that it was a brooch or similar item. Similar enamelled studs were noted during excavation at Colchester, with parallels to this example seen in Crummy, 1983: pp. 118, nos. 3217-3221 (especially no. 3218). It is of Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
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