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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman symmetrical plate brooch of the second century AD, missing the pin and a small part of the catchplate. Broadly the brooch is formed of two equal triangles arranged base to base and joined by a constricted but thickened waist section at the centre of the brooch. The waist has flat D-shaped ends, 9.7mm wide and 4.3mm thick, which form the base of the triangles. Between these it is narrowed to a waist 6.1mm wide and 3.3mm thick with a slightly raised and thickened centre flanked by thinner sections. The triangular ends are otherwise flat with circular knops at the outer points. The main triangles have a raised border with the centre filled with blue enamel. A dot in the centre of each, now empty, may have held a glass bead of a different colour. The circular terminals also have a raised border around a receed centre holding a very dark red enamel.The back is flat including the waist section with a flat triangular catch plate at one end the outer point of which is slightly bent over. This does not appear to be the complete catch as it is not enough to hold the pin and it is very worn. At the other end, slightly set in from the circular terminal, are two semi-circular lugs, pierced and with a cross bar between them on which the pin hinged. It is not clear if the cross bar is iron or copper alloy but the rust in this area and adjacent to the catchplate suggests the pin was iron.The brooch is now 30.2mm long, 4.3mm thick towards the centre, 6.2mm thick at the catchplate. It weighs 2.36 grams.Symmetrical plate brooches of this type are broadly 2nd century. NLM274, BUC-71BD20 are similar but have arched rather than flat centres, often an earlier feature. SUR-753054 may be similar although in that case it is unclear if the waist is arched. This design is also not obviously paralleled in the usual sources.
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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