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Description: | An almost complete Roman copper-alloy oval plate 'Glass Centre-boss' brooch (AD 100-200).This brooch is oval in plan. The glass centre boss is black and prior to being broken was cone-shaped and measures.The glass is set within a central oval cell measuring 20.0mm x 14.7mmm and has a height of c. 2.8mm. Surrounding the central cell are two concentric zones divide by a raised concentric ridge. The brooch has a raised bevelled edge. The inner zone is plain and the outer zone has punched or rouletted motifs: saltires alternating with pellets. The rear face is slightly concave with a pin, pin lug and catch-plate. The single 'D'-shaped pin lug contains a copper-alloy axis bar that secures a complete copper-alloy spring and tapering pin with an internal chord. The catch-plate is rectangular in side profile.This brooch has a green patina. The front is gilded and the rear face is silvered. The glass is discoloured to buff and grey in places. The pin shaft is fractured.Length: 33.2mm; width: 26.2mm; thickness of plate: 6.4mm; thickness including catch-plate: 14.3mm. Weight: 16.41g.Similar brooches have been published (Hattatt 1987: 253-254, fig. 79, refs: 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213).Hattatt, R. 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxford.
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