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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet (variant) Roman brooch of late first or early second century.(c. AD 43 - c. AD 150). Length: 32.2mm; width: 23.0mm and 5.4mm thick. Weight: 5.86g.The head of the brooch is semi-circular and has an integral chain loop situated at the top. The curving part of the flat 'trumpet' head itself is stepped rearwards to form a flat border. Along the curving step there are continuous punch-marks, sub-triangular in shape. The chain loop, circular in plan, is worn and has an external diameter of 9.1mm and an internal diameter of 7.9mm. The bow has parallel sides and its width is 6.0mm. At the front the bow is carinated longitudinally (an arris) and this carination extends less noticeably to the top of the fan-head. The lower part of the bow terminates with an old transverse break and this appears to have occurred where there may have been a decorative transverse rib or some other feature.The rear face of the head is slightly concave and at its base there are integral wings which extend the full width of the head. The wings fully enclose a separate copper alloy axis bar. There is a central slot in the wings that would have accommodated a hinged pin (now missing). The rear face of the bow is flatThe brooch has a mid-brown patina with some superficial copper alloy corrosion deposits. This is an example of an unusual Trumpet variant of Hull's type 158E which occurs in Wilts, Dorset with the occasional example in neighbouring counties. For similar brooches from near Salisbury, Wiltshire and 'Dorset', see: Hattatt 1987 'Brooches of Antiquity', p. 137, fig. 44, ref. 961 and p. 387, fig. 126, ref. 1436.
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