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Description: | Roman copper alloy trumpet derivitive brooch, 40.5mm long and 16.1mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 5.85grams. The brooch consists of narrow circular sectioned wings, 13.5mm wide. These contain a hinged pin, most of which is missing. Above the wings are the remains of a loop and below this the bow emerges. This is narrow and semi-circular in section for about 10mm. At this point it has a lentiod shaped protrusion, below which is a lozenge shaped plate. The plate has a small rectangular protrusion at each side angle and is decorated with two incised concentric rings, c.8mm in diameter, which would have been filled with enamel. Below this plate the bow continues with another lentoid shaped protrusion before spreading out into a narrow triangle, rather like a small fantail brooch. This is decorated with three depressed triangles with would have held enamel, and is missing its bottom corners. The reverse of this contains the remains of a catchplate which is 17.4mm long. The brooch is a hybrid between two Hattatt types, 987 and 988 in that it has the lozenge shaped central plate of 988, but has the small triangular shaped terminal and proportions of 987. Similarity to either brooch will date it to the first or second century.
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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