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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is rectangular in plan with internal geometric patterning consisting of a double lined unequal-armed cross. The two long arms are formed of parallel linears joined at either end by a rounded lobe. Centrally there is a single raised line with rounded swellings at either end and one in the middle. Mackreth (2011:180) compares these brooches to Iron Age shields, with the boss (the umbo) being similar to that of the Battersea Shield. There may have been coloured enamel in the recess surrounding th design, however none of this is evident. The reverse of the brooch retains the double-lugged pin mount, with part of the coiled pin surviving. The pin itself is missing. The catch-plate is a simple lug with hooked end.Several examples of this style of brooch have been found, including one from Verulamium that was dated to AD 80-150. For a direct parallel see Mackreth (2011) Plate 124 no. 7888.
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