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Description: | An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the umbonate type, dating from AD100 - 250. It is circular and has a shallow domed central boss surrounded by a broad groove. The dome has a small central annulet, surrounded by concentric circles of small, narrow, enamelled triangles, those in the outer circle being slightly larger than those of the inner circle. Traces of red enamel remain in some of the inner triangles; arranged alternately with triangles of white enamel. The outer circle appears to be entirely white enamel. There is considerable edge damage and the rounded lobes which were probably present around the edge have broken away and are missing, except for those which have the catch plate and the pin lug attached to the underside. Part of the catch plate and the rectangular double pin lug remain in place. The pin lug is pierced to take a copper alloy pin of flattened oval section; part of this pin also remains. The remaining part of the brooch has a patchy, light green patina. It is 31.6mm long, 20mm wide and 11.3mm thick. It weighs 3.68gm.A similar brooch is illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 108, number 11577.
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