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Description: | A Roman trumpet brooch made of copper alloy. This type has a large catch plate protruding from the lower bow and foot. The catch plate is missing the turn-over for the also missing pin to sit in. The head of the brooch is in the form of a trumpet, with a loop hanging beneath, where the spring mechanism would have been. The upper and lower bows are divided by a central acanthus button. The brooch is 41.66mm wide, 31.19mm long and 15.23mm thick. The brooch displays little decoration apart from the central moulding. The metal has corroded significantly and the upper bow has been bent out of shape slightly, compacting the size of it. The brooch appears to be Romano-British; parallels can be seen in 'A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's ancient brooches' (Hattatt 2000, no.83). Trumpet brooches are usually considered to date from the second century (Worrall, 2007 PAS North Newsletter).
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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