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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy gilded oval plate brooch (AD 200 - 350) of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type, with an oval setting for a stone in the centre. The brooch itself has slightly pointed ends. Within the setting there are the remains of a green substance, possibly a paste.There is no stone. There is a slightly raised oval wall which is there to hold a stone. Part of the catch and the whole of the lug are present on the reverse. The pin is missing. The lug has a single hole. Cf Hattat 2007 p364.The oval, including the width of the band, measures 16.11mm in length by 12.33mm wide. The brooch is 23.73mm in length, 17.07mm wide, 2.73mm thick (7.20mm includes the lug of the brooch) and weighs 3.16 grams.There is evidence of gilding. The edge of the brooch has a bead pattern round it. Other surfaces, although worn, appear plain.At one end of the reverse are the remains of a catchplate. There is a lug with a single pierced hole for the pin which is missing.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).
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