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Description: | A worn and corroded fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman Disc-and-Trumpet brooch. The flared trumpet head has broken off along with the upper bow. What survives is this central disc and the leg with its catch-plate. The central discoidal element is raised with hints of four side protrusions arranged in saltire around it on the lower level. Within a raised ring is a ring and dot. It is likely that the fields within the rings would have been enamelled; possible traces of blue enamel survive above the ?fixative which has turned an off-white colour. The discoidal element is flat on its lower surface. The brooch narrows into the leg, narrowing gradually to a foot. On its upper surface the leg has a central longitudinal strip with bevelling on either side. The lower surface is flat and the web abraded catch-plate extends for 16.7mm along its length. Examples of this form can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 329; fig. 188, top two rows) and are dated to the 2nd century AD. Reference to them suggests that the foot on this example is truncated; it has neither a knob nor a penannular terminal. The fragment has corroded to a dull variable mid-green colour and is pitted all over.
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