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Description: | A Roman copper alloy umbonate brooch. The upper surface of the oval, domed brooch has a circular cell at its centre; this is surrounded by two concentric rings of triangular cells, which point towards the centre. All of the inner cells have blue settings; the outer ring has only empty cells. A circumferential groove and outer rim surround the domed centre of the brooch, there is a right-angled lug projecting from the centre of the right- and left-hand sides, a larger such lug at the base and a damaged chain loop at the apex. On the reverse, the two right-angled hinge tabs extend backwards from the base of the broken chain loop, with the pin between them. The catchplate is located behind the basal lug. The pin straddles the hollow central area at the back of the plate.Two similar brooches were found at Richborough, where they were dated to the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: fig. 99, nos. 382 and 383/p. 173). The generally accepted date range for these brooches, however, is 2nd to mid 3rd century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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