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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, missing its spring mechanism.The head of the brooch, which is a little damaged at the edges, is 9.4mm wide. From the top a loop extends 6mm in diameter with a 1.6mm diameter piercing. Behind the head, which is solid, extends a 7x6mm 'loop' with a 2.3mm diameter piercing. This presumably held the axis bar though it is unclear where its ends would have been secured - probably just looped beneath and pulled tight.The top half of the brooch has been bent backwards slightly, as with the foot resting flat the highest point of the brooch is the moulding above the central button, which is to the front only.Where the bow extends from the head it has incised decoration in an inverted V. Just above the upper moulding are three incised Vs inside one another.There is a C-sectioned area between both mouldings and the central button, which is decorated with diagonal incised lines. Below the lower moulding are three inverted Vs, one inside the other. The lower bow then extends 32mm to the foot. At the moulding it is 7mm wide; just above the foot it is 3.4mm wide.The foot itself is a D in shape, being curved to the front and is 4.2mm wide.The intact catchplate extends for the length of the entire lower bow, from just below the lower moulding.40.5mm in length and max. 9.4mm wide. Weighs 8.85g.1st/ 2nd 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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