2nd century AD. A silver disc brooch with chamfered rim, field of volute scrolls with disc to the centre, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. Cf. Bayley, J. & Butcher, S. Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, item 373 for type. 9.04 grams, 25mm (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.