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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy equal-ended plate brooch of Roman date. The upper half of the brooch and pin are all missing due to old breaks. It has a central transverse rectangular panel decorated with a row of three ring and dot motifs with multiple vertical notches or zig-zag motifs above and below. To each side of the central panel are the remains of projecting knops that are now incomplete due to old breaks. At the base of the fragment extends the tapering triangular foot. This has a globular transverse rib towards its base, on the back face of which is an integrally cast semi-circular catchplate, missing its outer edge due to old breaks. All areas of the front face of the brooch have the remains of an added white metal coating. It measures 18.63mm in length, 17.06mm in width, 1.27mm in thickness, and 1.03g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman plate brooch with near identical parallels published by Hattatt (1989: nos. 562, 1114). It is of 'Equal-ended' type and dates to the 2nd century AD.
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