Description
Material: Copper bronze
Period: Roman
Date: 1st to 2nd century AD
Origin: Western Europe including possibly Britain
Condition: VF. the iron pin is missing but the catch-plate is present. as is often the case.
Description: A circular bronze brooch. with a triskele pattern consisting of a raised border; an annulus is at the end of each arm and appears to have remnants of enamelling.
Size and Weight: 21.38mm. 3.98g
Features and Provenance: Brooches as clothes fasteners have been made since the bronze age. As skills and metallurgy advanced. so did the size and detail of the brooches or fibulae. They were still used by the Romans. as buttons had yet to be invented. Roman brooches are in hundreds of differing shapes. but the disk or disc brooch seems to have been developed from the earlier plate brooch; the triskele (or triselion) pattern would have been copied from earlier Greek and Celtic symbolism to do with the flow and perpetuation of life and probably used to attract good luck.
Condition Summary. This varies with the age of the artefact and there are grades between
Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of pattern etc present. visible and clear
Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of pattern etc present. but may be worn
Fine (F). Wear on the artefact and parts of item and pattern etc may be missing or not visible
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