2nd-3rd century AD. A silver openwork plate brooch, quatrefoil in plan, formed from four central scrolls within four larger scrolls, crescents between; pin lug and catch-plate to reverse. See Hattatt, R., A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxford, 2000, p.357, for openwork plate brooches. 8.3 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). From the property of an Essex private collector; acquired in the early 1990s.