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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman fantail brooch or trumpet derivative type. The wings are tubular with a gap in the centre. One half of the wing is missing. The upper edge of the wings is also abraded which may have been where a head loop protruded. The pin is missing. The bow head is quite angular, and is a sub-triangle in plan. The bow head is decorated with a vertical rib which has horizontal ribbing. The wings are decorated with vertical ridges. The bow tapers, and the upper portion is decorated with horizontal ribbing. At the mid point of the bow, it expands forming a circular disc with a raised border. In the centre of the disc there is a circular perforation which has the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The lower portion of the bow is sub-triangular with horizontal ribbing o nthe upper portion and the main area is decorated with a wide vertical ridge with some decoration. The reverse ofthe bow has an incomplete solid catchplate. The brooch has traces of a white metal alloy wash. The surface otherwise has a well developed brown patina. The brooch is 42.17mm long, 15.3mm wide, and weighs 11.4gms.The brooch is either a fantail brooch, dating to the c. 50-150 AD (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter) , or perhaps a trumpet derivative type dating to c. 75 - 175 AD (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter).
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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