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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Trumpet derivative brooch of the Alcester Type missing its pin, attachment loop and the curl of the catchplate. The trumpet-head has much concretion, but a broad 4-5mm wide band is apparant around the top, defined by an incised line. Within this, but off-centre, is a vertical line of ?4 tiny dots. A central but darker in colour 1mm wide midrib extends below the band to the mid-bow flange. It seems there are ?2 dots on both sides of midrib, two just above the flange and two a little further up, possibly very similar to Hattatt no.1539 from Suffolk. Beneath the semi-circular (but triangular in section, being rounded to the head-side) mid-bow flange the foot flares from 5mm to c.8mm (it is chipped to one side) over a length of 13mm. This also appears to have dots, two - one above the other. Many of the examples listed in Hattatt's catalogue (2000) have some kind of terminal projecting from the foot, or a fancy foot. This has none, and there is no evidence of any wear or break at its terminal. The spring mechanism is concreted with ?iron corrosion. The axis bar is held in place by two backward-projecting lugs attached to the head. There appear to be four coils of spring, not inclusive of the pin which is broken at the spring. The thread curves underneath the mechanism. Length c.30mm, width of head 11mm. Dates to first half of 2nd century. Cf Hattatt 1989 fig.190, Alcester Type. Hattatt suggests the decoration on these brooches is applied, and probably silver, which would account for the darker colour metal. | Subjects: | Trumpet derivative Alcester | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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