PLATE BROOCH 866622

Description: An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman lozenge shape plate brooch, dating to the period AD100 - 200. It is missing one of its lugs and part of a second, and part of the catchplate but is otherwise intact. It includes open work decoration, the face of the brooch being divided into six cells with the two rectangular cells at the centre being open while the four triangular cells at each corner appear to have been filled with enamel. At each corner was a circular lug, also originally filled with enamel. All such cells show a white/grey colour now. Where the raised ridges of the rectangular cells meet the outer edge of the plate there are further small knops. It is 39.86mm in length, 32.71mm in width and weighs 4.55g. The pin which tapers from a diameter of 2.67mm to a point , is circular in section. Slightly bent, it is 27.96mm in length.

Date: 100 - 200

Object type: PLATE BROOCH

Last import: September 22, 2022