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Description: | Large fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from c. AD75-175. The brooch is very worn and the surface corroded and only the main part of the bow and the tube that secures the axis bar for the hinged pin survive. A very small part of the catch plate remains at the foot of the brooch and some of the moulded decoration on the bow is still visible. The moulded knop at the centre top of the bow would have been a moulded central reel flanked by two circular moulded acanthus leaves which is the typical decoration for trumpet brooches. There is a small loop at the back of the brooch, possible for attaching a string of beads or a chain that was connected to another brooch on the other shoulder.Trumpet brooches are usually found on military sites in Northern Britain and even though some have elaborate enamelled decoration and were silvered or gilded, most of them are plain with only the typical reel-and-acanthus-leaf decoration. There are numerous examples recorded on the PAS database.
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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