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In 2005 grave no. 112 in a cemetery of Wielbark Culture at Babi Dół-Borcz, distr. Kartuzy, produced a provincial Roman disc brooch ornamented with white, blue and red enamel (Pl. I:1). In different systems of classification the specimen is defined as type Exner III.26, type Thomas ‘a’, group Ambroz 8, type Böhme 41y, type Ettlinger 45, group Rieckhoff B or type Feugère 25b. Enamelled disc brooches are recorded in number in Danubian and Rhinish provinces, dated from 70–80ies AD to the second half of 3rd c. In Barbaricum they are relatively the most numerous in Elbian Culture, West-Balt Culture, as well as Przeworsk and Wielbark Cultures. Among finds of Roman provincial brooches recorded in Poland the best dated pieces are known from assemblages of Wielbark Culture, where they continue in use from phase B2b until phase C1b. Somewhat later, during phase B2/C1, they start to appear in Bogaczewo Culture, and continue in evidence for a longer period, until phase C2/C3 (Pl. II–IV). Enamelled provincial Roman brooches were in Barbaricum an integral element of women’s attire. They tend to occur in moderately and quite modestly furnished graves and are much more rare in deposits containing a larger quantity of Roman imports.