Gold Disk Brooch

Frankish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

The relief pattern of these brooches was created by working a thin sheet of metal from the reverse side. Roman coins were the inspiration for such designs.

Gold Disk Brooch, Copper alloy, gold, remnant of iron pin, Frankish

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