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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch length 28mm, width 10mm, thickness 15mm, weight 5.76g. The trumpet head is undecorated. Behind the head there is a tubular hinged mechanism for holding the pin. The spring is made of five curls, the pin no longer survives. Most of the head loop is missing. The upper bow plain, the moulded knee consists of three horizontal ridges, below the knee the rest of the leg is missing resulting in the loss of the catch plate. A similar brooch can be seen in Hattatt, p326, Fig: 185.Date 75-175 AD
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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