disc brooch

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Object Type: disc brooch
Museum number: 1883,0401.464
Description: Copper alloy cast disc brooch with three concentric flat ribs on top and sunken fields between them, once containing (?)enamel; textile on pin-head and remains of iron pin.
Cultures/periods: Roman (provincial)
Production date: 2ndC-4thC
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: George William Thomas
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sleaford, grave 216
Materials: copper alloy; iron; enamel (?); textile
Technique: cast; champlevé (?); enamelled (?)
Dimensions: Diameter: 3.35 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date: 1883
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1883,0401.464

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