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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the 1st-2nd centuries AD of the Roman period. The brooch has been broken about halfway down the bow, where there is moulded decoration typical of this type of brooch. The head consists of an oval disc measuring 13.04mm in width, attached to the reverse is a loop that would have been attached to the pin, now missing. The brooch is brown in colour and there is no other decoration apart from the moulding. It weighs 3.9g and measures 27.31mm in length. Parallels can be found in Hattatt, R. (2007) A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxford: Oxbow: 326ff.
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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