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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy plate brooch probably dating to the Roman period. The brooch comprises a large lozenge-shaped body with a small triangular plate protruding from one end of the main plate; the top of the main plate is broken and missing but may have mirrored what survives. Stamped rings decorate the central length of the brooch with two more rings forming a cross in the centre of the main plate. The reverse is plain but retains part of a probable catchplate, which suggests that the pin mount is likely to have been double the distance away from the catch. Therefore it seems unlikely that the broken element of the brooch was another small triangle and that possibly only a small part of this brooch survives. Although no direct comparision could be found in the ususal literture, it is likely that this brooch dates to around the second century AD.
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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