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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy flat enamelled disc (sexfoil) brooch of Roman date (AD 80-250), missing the pin, part of the spring mechanism and much of the enamel. The brooch is flat (1.6mm thick) and circular in plan with a circumferential rim, a small section of which is bent out of shape. The surface is decorated with a raised six-pointed star, a large pellet at each point, around a single large pellet. The field between the star and the outer rim contains small patches of discoloured yellowish enamel, while the cell within the star contains patches of white as well as of red enamel. It is likely the brooch originally had silvering or tinning on the copper alloy areas. To the reverse is a double lug with iron axis bar, around which is coiled a fragment of the copper alloy spring. Below this the catchplate is also present, curled to receive the missing pin. The brooch has a diameter of 21.0mm, measures 5.4mm in thickness from the upper surface to the spring, and weighs 4.09g. Similar flat and plain-edged disc brooches are illustrated in Hattatt (1989), p.344, fig. 203, particularly nos. 118 and 518. In, "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007), 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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