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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy disc brooch with enamel inlay, dating AD150-250. The object is in the form of a disc with an integral loop and catchplate on the reverse. Through the loop is a spring pin, with some of the coils remaining but the pin no longer present. There is a circular recess on the front of the disc, forming a raised border around the edge. There is a central raised annulat and six raised pellets surrounding it. Within the field is red enamel, only traces of which survive. The metal is a mid-dark green, with traces of an orange-brown around the coild of the pin suggesting it is made of iron.A similar example is published in Hattatt (1987, no. 1029). The decoration conforms to Paites class B1i radiating design (Paites, 2016). Disc brooches are believed to date from the mid 2nd century into the 3rd century AD (Worrell, unpub).Dimensions: diameter: 18.74 mm; thickness: 5.45 mm; weight: 2.26g.Reference: Mackreth, D. F. 2011. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain. Oxford: Oxbow.Paites, B. 2016.The manufacture and symbolism of radiating designs on brooches in Roman Britain. Lucerna 50.
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