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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch, axis bar and spring survive intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The head is oval shaped in form with an integrally cast rear facing semi-circular lug at its centre. This has a central circular perforation and a small projecting rectangular knop that extends above the head of the brooch. Held in place by the lug is a cylindrical copper-alloy axis bar around which is wound a copper-alloy spring of six coils and the remains of a now missing pin. The front face of the head is undecorated with the exception of a small groove that runs around its outer edge. There may possibly have been additional grooved decoration at the centre of the headplate running down onto the front of the bow, however the brooch has suffered from post-depositional damage and this area of the object is now incomplete due to old breaks. What remains of the bow is circular in section and undecorated, terminating in old breaks just below the headplate. It measures 18.87mm in length, 18.29mm in width at headplate, 4.15mm in thickness/diameter at bow, and weighs 5.64g.This is the head from a Roman trumpet brooch. Similar undecorated examples with small projecting knops on the top of the lug are published by Hattatt (1989: nos. 951, 1529) and suggest a 1st to 2nd century AD date for the current example.
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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