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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 75 - 175AD. The bow tapers from a flared head to a rounded bun shaped turned foot knop. The brooch measures 52.48 mm in length, 17.15 mm in width (across head) 7.20mm width (across bow) is 5.28mm thick (across bow), and weighs 15.9 grams.The head of the brooch is incomplete, oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is concave and has two cast side projecting bars which start half way down and either side of the head. This bar is incomplete and has two pierced holes; diameter 0.087mm. It is through this hole that the pin / spring would have attached. The spring and pin are missing. There is evidence of a head loop. The head of the brooch is decorated with a cast and incised design. The bow of the brooch is D shaped in cross section. The head of the brooch tapers into the body which remains uniform in width. Halfway, along the length of the bow, are three sub-circular cast mouldings. All three mouldings have a triple circular design, the central moulding is much more pronounced in cross section. Beneath the mouldings the lower part of the bow extends and tapers slightly. The lower bow is also decorated. The bow terminates in an out-turned bun shaped foot knop. The catch plate is formed from a rib which extends from a point beneath the three mouldings and terminates above the foot knob. The catch plate is incomplete and the external edge which forms the pin rest is not intact. The catch plate is sub-triangular in shape.The decoration of the brooch is multiple. The head has a double line cast motif running down the middle of the head, which flows from the head onto the upper bow, above the mouldings. Beneath the moulding the design consists of a parallel vertical panel. Either side of this has 3 raised pellet design. The foot terminates in a bun shape and this is decorated with three pellets. At the base of the foot is a single projecting knop.The brooch is of a mid grey green colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. It has been affected by movement in the ploughsoil; the abraded surfaces have traces of active light green coloured copper corrosion. Movement has also distorted the profile slightly.A number of similar brooches of this type can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches; page 326-328, however a direct parallel with similar decoration, has not been found. All the brooches in this section are dated to the later 1st and 2nd century AD.
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