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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch with dark glass inset, dating to the second or third century AD. The brooch is oval in plan with a large cone-shaped glass inset in the centre. Around the central setting are two recessed oval fields, and both the outermost and inner fields are decorated with repeating lozenges. Both fields are gilded although little of this now survives. The outer rim of the brooch is slightly raised. On the reverse the pin lug and catchplate are retained but damaged and the pin is missing. Beneath the pin lug a hole has formed, showing that the recess under the stone insert if hollow. A similar brooch but without the lozenge-shaped decoration can be seen in Hattatt (2007:364) no. 1213 and a circular example in no. 640.
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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