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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy equal-armed or symmetrical plate brooch. The brooch has a flat, elongated body with both ends tapering to a narrow, rounded terminal. In the centre is a pronounced arched ridge or 'stop'. A 'T'-shaped panel extends inwards towards the stop from both terminals; the surface around the panel is recessed and contains a degraded brown coloured enamel, though this is unlikely to represent its original colour. A sub-triangular pierced lug extends from one end of the underside; a catchplate extends from the other end. The pin is missing.Only a handful of similar brooches are recorded on the PAS database, such as HAMP-14E2A5, DENO-974692, BH-DC2884, and BH-11AA27.A parallel for this brooch is illustrated and discussed by Hattatt (1987: 209/fig. 65, no. 1117), who suggests that such brooches date from the second century AD and are of British origin. Another example is illustrated by Mackreth (2011: plate 121, no. 14377) who also suggests a second-century date.
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