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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch, dating to c. 2nd century AD. The brooch consists of a flat disc, which has four of the six original protruding lugs spaced evenly around its circumference. The disc has a circular perforation in the centre, which is emphasised by two raised rings surrounding its circumference. In between the circular perforation and the brooch's raised outer edge, there is a shallowly recessed ring, which has some chalky material on the surface, probably inlaid enamel. The reverse is flat and undecorated, with the hinge mechanism still intact behind one protruding lug and a small iron axial pin running through it. The opposite end of the brooch bears a light mark, suggesting that is where the pin-end rested. The pin, three lugs and a small fragment of the brooch body are missing. The brooch measures 22 mm in diameter (with lugs), 17 mm diameter (without lugs), 1.8 mm thick (without hinge), 4.9 mm thick (with hinge) and weighs 1.7 grams. Cf. Hattatt 2007, p. 345, no. 530.
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