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Description: | A copper alloy enamelled Roman disc brooch dating to the period c. AD 80 - 250. The brooch measures 20.29mm in diameter, 7.82mm thick and weighs 3.95g.The disc is flat (2.06mm thick) and decorated with a six-pointed star around a single copper alloy pellet reserve. The points of the star each terminate in a circular knop. The area inside the star surrounding the inner pellet contains traces of degraded red enamel. The area between the star and the outside edge contains blue enamel.two projecting lugs housing the copper alloy axis bar are visible on the reverse. The spring is mounted on the pin bar and the pin projects from the spring, terminating in an old break. The catchplate is visible at the opposite edge of the disc to the lugs and appears to be intact.Cf. Hattatt 2007 p.344, fig.203, nos.118, 518, 1409. In Roman Brooch Timeline Worrell dates flat enamelled disc brooches to AD 80-250.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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