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Roman copper alloy umbonate brooch
Enamelled bronze disc-brooch Late 1st-2nd century A.D. Smaller form of umbonate disc brooch, with two circles of triangular enamelled cells radiating from a central setting (now lost). The inner circle of enamel is made up of alternating blue and yellow cells, the outer entirely of blue. The hinge, with an iron pivot, is housed behind the largest of four peripheral lugs, which is also pierced to serve as a head-loop.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/5.8
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1974
Notes: from Roman gully of post-Fortress date
Measurements
length / mm:32.0
width / mm:29.0
thickness / mm:8.0
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