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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet headed brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head bears a hollow space where the pin mechanism would have been housed while the head itself is trumpet-shaped and undecorated. From the head the upper bow extends terminating at a pelta shaped moulding which is decorated with a central rectangular panel with faint traces of red enamel and three longitudinally orientated circular pellets. From the pelta moulding the sub-circular sectioned lower bow extends, terminating in a worn break.The metal has a light brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 36mm long, 13.2mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 2.9g.Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt, p.329, fig.188 and are dated to the 2nd century AD.
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