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Description: | Large fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from c. AD75-175. The brooch is worn and the surface shows only few small ptaches of local corrosion. The main part of the bow, the foot, pin rest and the loop that held the strong pin place survive. Most of the typical moulded decoration on the bow is still visible. The moulded disc at the centre top of the bow would have been a moulded central reel flanked by two circular moulded acanthus leaves. There would have been a small loop at the back of the brooch, possibly for attaching a string of beads or a chain that was connected to another brooch on the other shoulder. However, only a small fragment of that loop survives.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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