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Description: | Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch of late 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing only the spring, pin and foot. The sprig mechanism was secured by means of a singly pierced lug around an iron axis bar. The trumpet head is roughly circular with a slight surrounding plate border and no chain loop. The upper bow has a circular cross section before the central device consisting of a pair of lentoid mouldings either side of a rounded button. The lower bow is plain with a D-shaped cross section and tapers to the missing foot. The catch-plate rib begins near the top of the lower bow and arcs out to define the top of the catch plate. Evidence that the brooch was silvered or tinned survives over much of the surface.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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