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Description: | Cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, length 31mm, width 10mm, thickness 21mm. Oval head with a slightly concave reverse. On the back of the head is a rearward facing lug that has a singe hole, that would have held the spring. The head is plain with a slight upturned lip at the rear.
Halfway down that length of the bow is a moulded knee, this consists of an oval knee flanked by a couple recesses, one above and one below. The rest of the leg is plain. The catch plat on the reverse is complete.
The overall condition is fair.
Similar examples have been excavated on sites such as Richborough roman temple and would corresponds with the Trumpet Style Brooch, Group B, which has a second century date (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 161).
Bayley J and Butcher S, 2004, Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection, The Society of Antiquities. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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