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Description: | Incomplete cast cu-alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, ie. c. AD75-175. The brooch is complete for the missing spring and pin. It is also slightly bent out of shape. Only about 50% of the pin rest remain just below the foot of the brooch. The reel decoration on the top of the bow is incomplete (i.e. does not go around the entire bow) and the acanthus-leaves are hardly visible. This might suggest bad workmanship or a bad casting. However, three grooves can be seen on either side of the central ornament (which usually is floral or four/five-petalled acanthus leaves). The pin which held the spring in place seems to be there still, as are the two lugs. At the back of the head appears to be a loop which was either soldered to the brooch or the brooch and loop were cast in piece (very difficult to see from the image). Find not seen by FLO; image kindly provided by finder. Measurements and weight of brooch unknown. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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