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Description: | An incomplete, cast, copper alloy brooch of Roman trumpet headed type, dating from the 2nd Century AD. It is 32.8mm long, 19.49mm wide, 8.14mm thick and weighs 5.74gm.The bow is broken above where the majority of the catch plate would have been and where it would originally have been curved; it has been flattened. We can seen the beginnings of the catch plate as the bow begins to take on a T shaped cross-section. Above the cross-section the bow is flattened, and expands into a lozenge shaped plate int he centre of the bow. This has a projecting knop on each side. Between these protrusions is a circular indentation, with a smaller circular indentation in the middle of it; it looks as if it could have had some form of decoration secured within it, or been enamelled. The bow ends with a trumpet head hiding a tubular head holding the copper alloy axis bar that secures what is left of the hinged pin in place. At the top of the bow is a small protrusion, which could have extended into a chain loop. The brooch has a green patina.Compare Hattatt's Visual Catalogue Fig. 188 Ref. 452 and DENO-8442A4.
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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