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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch. The item comprises of a flat semi-circular plate of c.1mm thickness decorated on its upper surface with dots of white metal and a sub-triangular hollow component decorated with a T-bar of white metal with dots to either side with a semi-circular band of annulets running across the end opposite the T-bar - very slight traces of silvering remain. The reverse of this portion contains on oval shaped opening and to either side of this on slight uprights are traces of ferrous staining. This opening will have held the spring attachment for the pin. This is a very worn example of an Alcester brooch which is classed as a Trumpet variant, but which perhaps has as much in common with a Knee brooch. Alcester brooches have hollow heads, sprung pins, a central flange and a trianguular foot. They often have raised dots, sometimes enamelled or with applied white metal strips and the flanges can be very thin, as on this example. This item dates to the first half of the 2nd century. They're quite widely distributed in the south and also at military sites, but are never particularly common and there are also egs from Germany and Pannonia. A close parallel for this example has been found at Hacheston, Suffolk.
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