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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy enamelled brooch fragment likely dating to the Roman period, possibly of 2nd century date. The object consists of a flat uneven disc with concentric bands of decoration; there is an annulet at the centre, then a ring of small raised pellets which is surrounded by ring of raised triangles which extend outwards towards the circumference, creating a sunburst like effect.There are some remaining areas of colouration, which appear to be small traces of red enamel in the recesses between the raised triangles. The reverse is flat and has a double annulet in the centre.It measures 16.9 mm in length, 14.6 mm wide, 2.3 mm thick and weighs 1.7 g.The fragment is likely the central portion of the plate of a Roman disc type brooch, it is however incomplete and both the lug and pin are missing from the reverse. The brooch may be seen as belonging to a group of flat and plain-edged disc brooches of 2nd century date that have a diverse range of decorative motifs. A number of more complete examples are present on the database; NMGW-2016EE, NMGW-38FF3A and LVPL-AE9EA2.
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