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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy two-piece trumpet brooch. Only part of the bow and head of the brooch survive; the spring, chord, pin, lower half of the bow and catch-plate are missing. The surface of the brooch is heavily corroded and much original surface detail has been lost. The reverse of the brooch's head contains the remains of a perforated lug, which would have presumably accommodated an axial bar. The decoration on the middle of the bow consists of poorly defined moulding rather than a typical "acanthus" motif. No other decoration on the brooch is visible. Surviving length 43mm. An example of Collingwood's Type R (I) cf. 1930, 251-253, fig.62, nos.46-48. Trumpet brooches are a common type and are found throughout Roman Britain on both military and civilian sites. The brooch type has a date range from the mid first century AD to the late second century AD and although closer dating on typological criteria has been suggested, its validity is not certain (Hattatt 1987, 128; Mackreth 1997, 136). Two antecedents for the type have been suggested: the Pannonian "Kraftig Profilierte" type and the pre-Roman Aylesford type (Hattatt 1982, 104; Hattatt 1987, 126-128). The triple moulded flanges have been considered a prototype of the 'acanthus' motif (Collingwood 1930, 253; Hattatt 1982, 105) suggesting that this example may be relatively early in date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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