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Description: | Roman brooch; cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of late 1st - late 2nd century date. The brooch has a small, shallow, semi-circular trumpet-shaped head springing from a large arched plate. The plate has the remains of a suspension loop at the top. The back of the head has two widely-spaced lugs which are pierced to hold the axis bar of the pin. The axis bar is still present, as is the coil of the spring, although the pin itself is now missing. The bow of the brooch is relatively broad and tapers towards the foot. At the centre of the bow, instead of the acanthus boss, there are four deep, moulded, transverse ridges, the third of which is larger and more prominent. The ridges are only moulded over the front and sides of the bow, the back is flat. The foot moulding consists of two small, transverse ridges above a flattened circular knop. The bow has concave sides between the two ridges. The catchplate is still complete and is large, sturdy and deep.Length 54.2mm, width 14.1mm, thickness 19.1mm, weight 9.19gRef: Hattatt 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches' (pp. 328, fig. 187, no. 439)
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