Roman Temple Plate Brooch
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Description
2nd century AD. A bronze openwork plate brooch depicting the façade of a temple with pediment and columns; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse; mounted on an old collector's card marled 'Roman Britain Fibula brooch with Temple. / c. A.D. 150-200 / A kind gift from the custodians of Brading villa on the I.O.W.' and to the reverse 'A large and very rare example in openwork bronze. Probably a soldiers [sic] property with pin intact. Reign of Commodus? Pub: Hattatt, R. 1989 (book 4)'. 15 grams, 87mm including card, brooch: 33mm (1 1/4"). Found near Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1625. The brooch-type figures in Hattatt's book (items 1625A, B) but both examples are noted as having been found in northern France. Neither is a match for the present example.
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