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Description: | Roman Brooch: Near complete cast copper alloy brooch of Trumpet derivative type. The brooch is complete apart from the tip of the pin, part of the curve of the catchplate, the headloop and most of the decorative enamel. The brooch is broadly T-shaped with a slightly flared neck, flat circular boss at the midpoint of the bow and a triangular fantail shape to the lower part of the bow. The circular boss and fantail both carry traces of enamel decoration.The head of the brooch consists of wings which are semi-circular in section with a single raised vertical ridge at either end of the wings as the sole decoration. The base of the now missing head loop can be seen as a short transverse crest at the top of the bow. The arrangement for the hinged pin fitting can be seen on the rear of the wings and consists of an axis bar running the full length of the wings which secures the separate loop-headed pin in place at the midpoint of the wings where there is a hollow to allow the pin to rotate. Below the wings the neck of the bow is slightly flared, being one of the reasons why this brooch is categorised as a derivative of the more commonly found Trumpet Headed style of brooch. To both the top and bottom of the flat circular disc, at the midpoint of the bow, the bow is decorated with a pair of raised moulded transverse ridges. The circular boss has a single small side knop protruding to either side of the disc. The face of the disc has two recessed cells for carrying enamel consisting of a central circular cell surrounded by an outer recessed ring, The inner circle has traces of enamel but it is not possible to be certain of the original colour, and although mostly opalescent in appearance there are also traces of red, the outer circle has better preserved traces of red enamel. Below this disc and the second pair of transverse ridges the bow flares outwards to form a triangular-shaped fantail base. This fantail has a raised perimeter which forms one large recessed triangular cell for carrying enamel decoration. again there are slight traces of red enamel but it is mostly degraded and opalescent in appearance. Other known well-preserved examples of such brooches usually indicate that this triangular field is broken into smaller cells but no trace of such internal divisions remains in this case. Below this triangular plate this brooch ends with a final transverse groove and ridge forming the foot of the brooch. The remains of the folded over triangular catchplate for the pin can be seen on the reverse of this triangular plate.For a similar example of this brooch please see 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Broches', p.330, number 987.Brooches of this type are dated in line with current dating for Trumpet Headed brooches, AD c.75-c.175.
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