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Description: | Roman brooch; incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of 1st or 2nd century date. This fragment is missing its head but has the typical circular, flattened base terminal and decorative collar at mid-section which suggest that it probably originally had a trumpet-style head. The pin is missing but the catchplate is still present. The whole has a thick, even, grey-green patina over its surface.Length 38.50mm, width 8.53mm, depth 18.46mm, weight 5.22g.Ref: See Hattatt pages 326 & 327 (figs 185 & 186) for examples of trumpet brooches
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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