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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy enamelled disc brooch dating to AD 100 - 250, a lug, pin and catchplate are missing.The main body of the brooch is circular with two concentric recesses. The brooch measures 18.81 mm in diameter, is 1.82 mm thick and weights 4.65 grams. The internal recess measures 5.26 mm in diameter. The majority of the main body of the brooch is recessed and would have probably contained enamel.There are four knob projections with a diameter of 5.68 mm at cardinal points of the disc, one is missing. In the lug projections there are traces of an enamel. From one of the knobs there is a further projection which is incomplete. Surviving section is broadly oval and decorated with three rows concentric incisions. To the reverse of this projection there are two lugs, which would have held the pin. A possible loop projecting from the break. The opposing lug is missing and would have held a catchplate.The reverse is flat and undecorated, one lug, catchplate and the pin are 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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