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Description: | A copper alloy Roman gilded oval plate brooch, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. The central setting is badly damaged. It was probably blue glass but it is now incomplete (with a hole in the middle) and degraded to a pitted, grey blue substance. The surrounding plate is divided into two concentric zomes of decoration, with a double ridge between them. The inner ring is decorated with a running S-scroll, and the outer with a repeated motif of two concentric annulets. The plate is gilded. The edges are damaged, and there is green corrosion over some of the plate. On the reverse are the remains of the pin hinge and catchplate, both damaged. the pin is missing. the reverse is not gilded. the metal has a corroded, bright green patina. The brooch is 34mm long, 24mm wide, 8.3mm thick, and 12.69g.Compare DENO-3061C7 and NMS-0A5296 which cites Hattatt (2000, 364, fig.223, no.1213, 1647 and 643).
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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