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Description: | An incomplete early Roman copper-alloy and gilded quatrefoil shaped plate brooch dating to 1st-2nd century AD. The brooch is broadly circular in plan with six out of eight remaining alternating bifoliate and circular arms, and with its lug, pin, and catchplate still intact on the reverse. The brooch is 35.68mm in length, c. 30.44mm in width, 1.37mm thick, and weighs 6.72g.The flat body of the brooch had originally been gilded. The centre of the brooch has a circular recess 14.11mm in diameter, with an inner circular ridge, and an open break in the very centre, suggesting that the brooch originally had a decorated boss (similar to NMS-BEB705). On the body of the brooch surrounding the central circle are tiny engraved dots in the form of eight trefoil designs aligned at the base of each arm of the brooch. There is also an engraved dotted border, which follows each arm and continues up into the four bifoliate arms and bifuricate into two circles.The four arms which have circular terminals (of which three remain) each have a rivet in the centre, which had originally held glass or enamel inlays. cf. GLO-B0CB34On the reverse, the double lug is secured to the back of one of the bifoliate arms, and holds the pin, which is about 25.89mm long, and is bent to the left. The catchplate is complete on the opposite arm. The rivets on each circular arm can be seen on the reverse as corrosion products.
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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