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Description: | Cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, c. 75-175 AD.Complete except for the headloop and a small part of the catchplate.The head has a grooved line around the edge as decoration. Its width is 14.77mm. This is a spring mechanism, with 6 coils, still present, the pin appears complete and narrows to a point. The wire loops under the coils and also acts as the axis bar around which the coils are wrapped. The wire is broken at the top where it would have formed the headloop. There is also a cast strip coming from the base to hold the spring in place.The head narrows to the bow, which has the acanthus moulding at the waist, which is only on the front, the back of the bow is flat. Below this are two horizontal raised lines. The bow then has a triangular cross section with the point at the front. The catchplate starts just below the waist. The foot consists of three moulded discs. The catchplate is mostly complete, missing just the turn over. Bow depth- 21.35mm.
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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