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Disc brooch, Merovingian, second half of the 7th century. Copper-alloy brooch decorated in repoussé (design hammered from the underside) with a low-relief figure personifying Rome enthroned, holding a long sceptre in her left hand and a figure of Victory in her right. The brooch imitates a late Roman medallion, possibly one of the usurping Roman emperor Attalus, the first to be raised to that office by barbarians. The damaged inscription can be read as: INVICTA ROMA UTERE FELIX ('Rome is invincible, use in good fortune'). The words utere felix indicate that it was a gift. The Franks produced a series of such brooches, with similar or different designs, and the choice of subject possibly reflects a desire to promote themselves as successors to Rome in the West. The brooch was found in a stone coffin near Dotzheim (Wiesbaden), Hesse, Germany, in 1828.
M AND ME, 1854,4-21,1

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART209492

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4000px × 3570px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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