2004-03-09 16:50:47 Mark Lodwick mlodwick 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW-DF5163 brooch Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is circular and comparatively small with no surviving peripheral lugs, but the suggestion of a single small loop adjacent to the hinge and unusually, no corresponding loop or lug opposite. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The face of the brooch has a plain border before a recessed panel containing a motif composed of alternating enamel and glass paste cells. The enamel is a bright orange, while the glass paste is in a millifiori square motif consisting of a blue/white background enclosing an outer border in alternating black and white squares, followed by a red open square which encloses a white square at the centre. The glass paste motif only survives in one of the five panels. The orange enamel survives slightly better with traces in four of the five panels. At the centre of the face is a raised circular panel decorated with a row of punched dots in a shallow groove. There is a separate central soldered boss, with the pin discernible on the rear of the brooch. The boss has concave sides and a rounded top. Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is circular and comparatively small with no surviving peripheral lugs, but the suggestion of a single small loop adjacent to the hinge and unusually, no corresponding loop or lug opposite. The brooch employed a hinge mech... Copper alloy ROMAN ROMAN 100 200 19.8 18.9 10 Good 2004-03-09 16:50:47 VALE OF GLAMORGAN Vale of Glamorgan Llancarfan POINT( ) From Map ST07SW ST0372 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 NMGW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.