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Description: | A cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch, classified as Collingwood Group R (i) according to Hattatt (pp. 106-107). This dates the object to the second half of the first century AD.Decoration consists of a triple flange on the body of the brooch, with a foot knob fronting the catchplate.The spring gear is intact, and it coils around a central, hollow shaft, located behind the fantailed head of the brooch. The catchplate starts at the bottom flange decoration, and is perpendicular to the face of the brooch. It is widest at 12 mm from the base of the foot, where it curls inward to form the catch for the pin.
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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