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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy gilded oval plate brooch (AD 200 - 400) of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type, with a setting for a stone in the centre. Within the setting there is possibly a paste, or possibly the remains of a stone, broken off level with the wall which is there to hold the stone. It is possibly black in colour. The pin is missing, broken off at the lug but the spring is present. . Cf Hattat 2007 p364.The central oval setting has a wall to retain the stone. The oval measures 17.47mm in length by 12.02mm wide. The brooch is 32.24mm in length, 26.08mm wide, 5.23mm thick (11.24mm includes the plate of the brooch) and weighs 14.91 grams.The plate surrounding the centre has evidence of gilding. The edge of the brooch has a raised rim, enclosing a band 3.76mm wide with a pattern of diamond shapes just inside the raised edge. An inner band of the same approximate width encloses a rope patter with a pattern of circles inside it, both encircling the stone.At one end of the reverse is what appears to be a complete catchplate. There is a lug with a single pierced hold for the pin which is missing. The curled spring remains attached to the lug.Plate brooches usually date to the second and third centuries, while 'glass centre boss' types are thought to be slightly later, to the third if not the fourth century (Bayley & Butcher, 2004, p.178).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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