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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, of Roman dating (c. 75 to 175 AD). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, consisting of the head, bow, catch plate and foot. The spring and pin are missing, presumably lost in antiquity. The head of the brooch is oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is concave and there is a complete, integrally cast rectangular lug which is sub-rectangular in shape and with a point projecting upwards. There is no evidence of a head loop or plate. The bow of the brooch is D shaped in cross-section. At the junction between the head and the bow, there is a central moulding consisting of a circular collar, with a smaller collar above and below the larger collar. The small collar was decorated by two horizontal lines running around the circumference. The moulded decoration consists of a central line which splits into two at the top and bottom. The line then runs down parallel to the central ridge, but as a wavy / indented line. The bow terminates in a foot knop, with a circular collar and a point present at the base.The catch plate starts halfway down the back of the bow, and is sub triangular in shape, complete with moulded pin rest.The brooch is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina. Soil is still present on the brooch, obscuring some of the original surface decoration.The brooch measures 63.45mm in length, 16.69mm wide and 24.82 mm thick. It weighs 24.6 grams.Trumpet style brooches typically date from 75 to 175 AD. Hattatt (2000, p326, fig 185) published a similar example #949 from Wroxeter, Salop. Mackreth (2011, p120) suggests that trumpet brooches with moulded knops are probably from one workshop and tend to have a limited distribution focusing on the Marches in Shropshire, and expanding into Gloucestershire and Wales. Mackreth published two similar trumpet brooches (#4984 from Alcester, Warwickshire & #4989 from Forden Gaer, Wales) in plate 81.Reference:Hattatt, R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books. Oxford.Mackreth, D. 2011. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain. Oxbow Books. Oxford.
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