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Description: | Treasure reference no. 2016 T244: a Roman copper-alloy plate brooch. The brooch is hexagonal in plan, flat, and has a raised central boss or umbo in the centre. A small worn knop extends from the two sides of the brooch at the point where there is an angle to the perimeter. Both ends of the brooch are decorated with a circular cell of enamel set within reserve metal, though the enamel in both instances is too degraded to comment on in terms of colour. The body of the plate brooch is set with red enamel. In the centre is a raised circular umbo that appears to have been covered with green coloured enamel. A single strand of silver wire wraps around the perimeter of the umbo four times in a concentric fashion. A recessed T-shaped cell extends above and below the umbo. These would have once contained enamel, but both are now empty. The reverse is undecorated and concave in the centre. Two lugs to house a hinged pin extend at one end, and a catchplate at the other. The pin is missing. A patch of iron corrosion is located on either side of the lug, suggesting that the hinge mechanism was held by an iron pin.Length: 29.52mm, Width: 15.72mm, Thickness: 10.11mm, Weight: 4.09 g. Diameter of umbo 6.28 mm (excluding silver wire), 9.51 mm (including silver wire).This brooch appears to represent an Iron Age form of shield. It can be compared to several other 'shield'-shaped plate brooches (Mackreth 2011: 126, plate 123), in particular one from Cambridgeshire (Mackreth 2011: 126, plate 123, no.7898). The only example recovered from a dated context comes from Verulamium (AD 80-150).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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