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Description: | Copper alloy 2nd century Roman Trumpet brooch of Collingwood Group Riib. The brooch has a sprung mechanism with a spring of six turns and an internal chord. It has a pierced central lug and the pin is intact. The head has a groove running around the outer edge. The headloop is intact and there is a headloop collar formed from a piece of flat copper alloy which is wrapped around the base of the loop. The collar has two transverse fluted grooves on its front surface. The bow has a circular section and is decorated at the waist with acanthus moulding, which is continuous around the back of the bow. The moulding above the acanthus decoration has longitudinal incised lines around it. The intact catchplate extends to the waist of the bow and is solid. The foot is a flattened cylinder with a narrow moulding above it. The brooch measures 65.9mm in length, 18.4mm in width (across the spring mechanism and head). The bow measures 25.7mm in width.
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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