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Description: | A copper alloy Roman umbonate brooch dating from AD 100 - 250. The edges are damaged, but the brooch has a central circular domed plate which is decorated with a central circular cell. This is surrounded by a ring of fourteen inward pointing triangles containing enamel that appears red and blue, aranged alternately apart from three blue cells consecutively. Outside this is another ring of fourteen more similar, but larger triangular cells, containing the remains of blue enamel. The edges of the brooch are mostly missing. Where they survive there is a deep grove and then a raised rim. At one side, a projecting copper alloy lobe hides the catchplate. Opposite, a projecting pierced lobe hides the double lug pin mechanism and the copper alloy axis bar. The copper alloy pin survives but is incomplete. The brooch has a green patina. It is 31.1mm long, 19mm wide and 9.8mm thick. 4.4g. Compare examples on page 350 - 351 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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