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Description: | Roman copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch, 48mm long, 10mm wide with a weight of 5.74 grams. The brooch unusually consists of an intact pin which is hinged into the upper half of a brooch. It has a green patina with some pitting, but no obvious decoration. The brooch is 22mm long and consists of the pin lugs which form the head, this tapers to a point until reaching a protruding ridge. The brooch is pinched at this point and just begins to widen out into a decorated shoulder at the point it has snapped off. The pin is 3mm in diameter at the head and then tapers to 1mm at its point.
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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