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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy trumpet headed brooch with spring mechanism, c.100-175. Incomplete - the spring, pin and lower bow are missing. Trumpet shaped head, arching bow with expanded disc at the centre. The disc has a raised central area; it appears to be undecorated but may be from a worn mould or pattern. The lower bow is broken off after the disc. Length (incomplete) 23.2mm, width across head 10.4mm, width across middle bow 11.0mm, thickness across centre of bow 2.1mm, weight 3.05g.See Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, Oxbow) p.329, fig.188 first two rows for similar brooches.
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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