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BROOCH

Unique ID: FASW-9426A5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A very unusual and well-preserved Gilded disc brooch with a carved glass central setting. The copper-alloy circular disc is divided into two zones by bold concentric ribs. The central royal blue glass setting is flat-topped and bears the boldly executed cast impression of a bird with raised wings and hooked beak which is most likely to represent an eagle. The outer ring has surface accretions, but it is very likely to have been decorated with ‘S’-shaped motifs. The back surface has a thin white metal coating. The copper-alloy sprung pin has an internal chord and 4-turns and is attached through a single pierced lug on the back. The catchplate is large and thr return is intact. Diameter: 31.4mm; diameter of setting: 18.85mm; length pin: 31.25mm, depth catchplate: 8.1mm, thickness at centre 7.06mm; thickness disc: 2.1mm; Wt: 15.2g. A very similar brooch with a moulding of an eagle, but in dark olive glass is known from excavations at Richborough, Kent (Butcher & Bayley 3004, 135 no. 389 fig. 101) and other examples are known from Barrington, Cambs. (Hull’ corpus no. 8040).

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Class: Gilded disc

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 200
Date to: AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 15.2 g
Diameter: 31.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass

Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Northmoor (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP4101
Four figure Latitude: 51.70624727
Four figure longitude: -1.40806287
1:25K map: SP4101
1:10K map: SP40SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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