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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy gilded oval plate brooch of Hattatt's 'Glass Centre-boss' type, dating 200-350 AD. The pin is missing. The glass centre boss is black and formed in a cone shape, although much of it is missing due to erosion or possibly heat damage. What remains of this measures c.18.7x13.5x6.5mm and is very scratched. The glass is set within an oval wall c.2mm high. The plate surrounding the central setting is flat and decorated with a series of regularly incised wavy lines radiating from the centre, perhaps like the rays of the sun. To the reverse the iron spring mechanism is corroded but appears to be intact. The curved catch plate is likewise present. The brooch is 27.67mm long, 21.31mm wide, 13.51mm thick and weighs 6.07g.There are very faint traces of gilding around the rim, and it is almost certain that the plate would have been gilded. Similar gilded 'Glass Centre-boss' brooches are illustrated in Hattatt (2000) p364 fig.223, in particular no.641. These the author dates to the 2nd or 3rd Century AD.
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