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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and the catch and the bow is distorted (with a length of 40.5mm, a depth of 21.0mm and a weight of 7.4g). The missing spring was secured around a central integral loop (or a single pierced lug) at the rear of the head. The trumpet head is oval (12.0mm wide and 9.7mm high). At the top of the head is an integral protruding nipple (giving the head an overall height of 11.7mm), suggesting the brooch employed a swivelling wire chain loop. The upper bow is of pointed oval section, becoming oval above the button. The surface of the brooch is worn and the only decoration surviving is a midrib. The button is flanked on the top and bottom by double horizontal ribs, which are also present on the rear of the bow, where they appear to have been knurled. The button appears to have been of acanthus form, now worn. The rear of the button is enhanced with a central horizontal rib. The leg is now of D-shaped section but was likely to have originally been sub-triangular and no decoration is now discernible. The foot comprises a circular disc (6.0mm diameter and 3.7mm thick) with the suggestion of a groove surviving at the rear. The catch-plate begins as a rib beneath the button moulding and arcs to the missing catch. The surface has a pale to mid-green patina.
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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