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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The remains of the brooch consist of a trefoil-shaped plate with three equal recessed ring-and-dot cells with a central pellet on the outer surface. The recessed rings bear traces of blue enamel inlay around the outer circumference and it is possible that the cells were completely filled with blue enamel or further filled with another colour, now missing, in the inner portion of the cell. The combination of the three raised circles creates a small triangle-shaped voide in the centre of the plate. The reverse is flat and undecorated, with the remains of a three or four-coiled spring and pin held in place by an iron axial bar running between two copper-alloy circular lugs. Created from a portion of the spring coils, there is a small loop positioned underneath the pin and spring mechanism. This spring mechanism is positioned at the apex between two of the circular decorations of the trefoil and then a small raised catchplate is positioned opposite in the centre of the remaining foil. A portion of the pin is missing, as well as a small portion of the catchplate and some of the inlaid enamel decoration mentioned above. The brooch measures 17.3 mm long, 18.3 mm wide (at top), 2.1 mm thick (at centre of plate), 5.9 mm thick (at hinge) and weighs 2.64 grams. Cf. Hattatt 2007, p. 355, nos. 1616, 1122.
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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