Roman Openwork Plate Brooch (2nd–3rd Century A.D.)

WRA 11001

Openwork Plate Brooch. A bronze Roman openwork plate brooch in the form of a swastika motif within a square border, a recognised decorative type of the 2nd–3rd Century A.D. The brooch retains its hinge and catchplate, with much of the original tinned or silvered surface still present. As typical for the type, the iron pin is missing. Published parallel: Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, p. 165, no. 1625. Size 31 mm × 34 mm.

£155.00