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Roman disc brooch
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West Berkshire, Kate Sutton, 2005-11-10 17:18:34
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Roman disc brooch
Description
English: A Roman copper alloy disc brooch (2nd century). The brooch has a looped head plate. On the other side of the head plate are twin lugs with the remains of the pin present between them. The rest of the pin is broken and missing. The catchplate is also broken across the curved section. The reverse of the brooch is hollow. The brooch is circular and domed. It is decorated with an internal ring of tear-drop shaped sections of inlaid pale blue glass then there is an external ring of triangular shaped sections of inlaid dark blue glass. The inlay is missing from approximately one-third of the sections. There are two circular projections, one midway round on each side and there is a slightly larger projection to which part of the catchplate is attached. Dark mid-green patina. 
 Dimensions: Length 33.10mm; Width 26.53mm; Diameter 21.71mm; Thickness 11.31mm; Weight 5.25g.
Reference: Hattatt, R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt’s Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books., Oxford
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 100 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 90861
Old ref: BERK-EE9085
Filename: Knight - Roman disc brooch 1 - complete .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/82443
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/82443/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/90861
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