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Description: | A gilded copper-alloy Roman gilded spoked disc brooch dating to the period c. AD 100 - 300. The pin is missing. The brooch is circular in plan and conical in profile. The obverse consists of a tiered circlar protruding knop set in the centre of the brooch. The upper knop measures 2.60mm in diameter which then widens into a lower circular tier with a diameter of 5.59mm. Five spokes with D-shaped profiles protrude at regular intervals from the lower tier. They are D shaped in profile and are encircled by a ridge measuring 17.33mm in diameter. The outer edge of the brooch is decorated by a circle of 33 punched annulets placed at irregular intervals. The obverse is gilded. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The catch plate extends from the obverse at a 90 degree angle and terminates in an old break. The lug also protrudes from the reverse at a 90 degree angle and is set opposite the catchplate. It features a circular rivet hole within which the corroded remains of the iron pin are still visible.The brooch measures 25.70mm in diameter, is 16.25mm thick (including catchplate and protruding obverse knop) and weighs 8.62g.The brooch is similar in design to nos 548 & 550 in Hattatt, pp 365, fig. 224.
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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