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Description: | Early 1st century AD cast copper alloy trumpet type brooch. One-piece Colchester type spring that eminates from the back of the head of the bow. The overhead chord is held by a forward facing hook projecting from the top of the head. Part of the spring is missing. Hattatt (1982, p.106) notes that an axis bar was thrust through the spring, this is missing in this example. The expanded head is plano-convex in section and narrows to a moulded triple-flanged waist button. The leg is plano-convex in section, narrow and slightly tapers to a forward projecting foot knob. The triangular catchplate extends two thirds the length of the leg. This type of brooch is, according to Hattatt, one of a number of candidates for the progenitor of the British trumpet type brooch, originating in Roman Pannonia (Austrian Alps/Danube) and dated to the first half of the 1st century AD.
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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