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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman trumpet brooch c. AD 75-175. The foot of the brooch is decorated with two shallowly inscribed transverse grooves running completely around it. The raised portion of the foot between these two grooves carries a number of shallow vertical grooves. There are two longitudinal grooves, one on each side of the brooch running the length of the leg from the foot to the acanthus button. The acanthus button has four raised, petal-like protrusions spaced at regular intervals above and below a central disc. The decoration continues right round the bow. The catch plate and the pin loop are intact and the pin remains in place. The pin is a sprung coil of copper-alloy wire, of six turns. Another piece of wire runs through the centre of the spring and round the pin where it is constricted by a crimped band of metal to form a chain loop. The constricting band is decorated with two shallowly engraved longitudinal grooves. The brooch has a dark grey green patina. It is 40.4mm long, 16.1mm thick, and 30mm wide. It weighs 13.2gm. See Hattat, Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, p.326, No. 80.
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