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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 75 - 175AD. The bow of the brooch has a curved (slightly stumpy) profile and an angular D-shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a wide flared head to a broken edge below the mid-section moldings. The brooch measures 28.7mm in length, 11.4mm width, and is 17.8mm thick. It weighs 17.77 grams. The head of the brooch is sub oval in plan; this sub-oval area tapers into the bow of the brooch. The head of the brooch is relatively plain with no cast decoration. However, attached to the upper face of the brooch is a cast projection or head stud. This projection is sub oval in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section with a small sub oval cast pellet in the upper part. The reverse of the head is concave with the remains of two vertical bars that divide the head into three parts. Both the bars are broken and abraded. It is likely that this bar would have held an axis bar or hinged pin. This was probably made from iron as there a large amount of orange corrosion adheres to the reverse of the brooch. The bow of the brooch is D shaped in cross section with the reverse side being undecorated and flat. The head of the brooch tapers into the body which remains uniform in width. The upper part of the bow is decorated with a series of cast motifs. These decorative elements are formed from a series of small cast pellets and curvi-linear cast ribs. Below this decoration halfway, along the length of the bow, are three distinct undecorated sub-circular (D shaped) cast moldings. The central of these is relatively large and projects from the bow of the brooch. Beneath these moldings are five vertical ribs that extend towards the break across the bow. The brooch is of a mid green brown colour with an even patina which covers all surfaces. The brooch has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil and this has resulted in the loss or distortion of some decoration. As already mentioned the reverse of the head of the brooch has an amount of iron corrosion present. There are also several areas of light green powdery active copper corrosion present. The whole of the brooch has had a tin or silvered surface applied to it. Much of this has been lost through abrasion. A direct parallel for this variation of trumpet brooch has not been found. Similar examples (without the decorative head stud can be seen in 'Roman Brooches from North Britain' (Snape 1993, 16-17).
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