2nd-3rd century AD. A silver discoid brooch with openwork 'ROMA' monogram in Latin letters, ('R'+'M'+'A', with the 'O' represented by the circular plan of the brooch itself), a palindrome 'AMOR'. Similar brooch discovered on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, see database in Portable Antiquities Scheme website.8.1 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980. The brooch is engraved with the stylised letters ‘RMA’. Now when viewed from the default side, RMA + the circle of the brooch form a monogram for ‘Roma’. Roma refers to both the city and its divine personification, the Dea Roma. But if RMA is read from right to left (or the brooch is viewed from the opposite side), the letters give way to a monogram for ‘AMOR’, the Latin name for Cupid, the god of love. The phrase pertains to Roma-Amor, a widely recognised palindrome espousing Roman wordplay in the ancient times.