File:BROOCH (FindID 778327).jpg

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BROOCH
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2016-05-12 16:37:07
Title
BROOCH
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An incomplete copper-alloy Roman disc brooch dating to the period AD c. 80-250. The brooch is flat and circular shape. The upper face is decorated with a six point star with pellets on each corner and central dot. Enclosing the whole plate, filled with blue enamel partially still in place, is a raised linear border. The reverse part is flat and undecorated with pin mechanism and catchplate old broken. The pin is missing.

The brooch measures 21.36mm in diameter, 1.61mm in thick and weights 3.90g.

A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattatt (2007), p. 344, no. 118.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 80 and 250
Accession number
FindID: 778327
Old ref: WILT-CC0684
Filename: WILTCC0684.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/566626
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/566626/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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