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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 100-250) copper alloy umbonate type plate brooch. Originally enamelled, traces of blue and yellow enamel survive, the lug to the reverse is incomplete and the pin is missing. The brooch is eight sided, it measures 34.64 mm in diameter and weighs 7.87 g.The remains of the chain loop sits on the outer perimeter, and opposite is a lug of similar size. The brooch has two circular bands. The inner ring, or conical boss, is decorated with five oval cells depicting a flower, alternated by inwards facing triangular cells. The ovals have remains of blue and yellow enamel with the alternate triangles having remains of red enamel. Surrounding the central boss is a deep groove. The outer ring has 14 cresecentic shaped cells containing traces of blue and yellow enamel. Again there are alternating triangular cells between the crescentic cells, which again would have been enamelled.The reverse is concave with catch plate and part of lug-pin. The pin is missing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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