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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-93F768
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A complete cast copper alloy enamelled Roman disc brooch dating to the period c. AD 80 - 250. The brooch measures 21.95mm in diameter, 7.20mm thick (including catchplate or lug) and weighs 4.98 grams.
The brooch is flat and decorated with a six-pointed star around a single copper alloy pellet. The points of the star terminate in a circular knop. The area inside the star contains traces of enamel, possibly blue enamel.
A complete lug and catchplate are visible on the reverse, the sprung pin complete. The corroded remnant of the iron pin is visible inside the circular rivet hole in the lug, the curl of the catchplate is missing.
Cf. Hattatt 2007 p.344, fig.203, nos.118, 518, 1409. In Roman Brooch Timeline (2007), Worrell dates flat enamelled disc brooches to AD 80-250
Class: Flat, enamelled disc (sexfoil)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.98 g
Diameter: 21.95 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4221
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: The Deverills
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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