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Description: | A fragment of Roman (AD 100 - 250) copper alloy Trumpet Derivative brooch of the Alcester type, consisting of the head and top of the bow only. It measures 18.41mm in length and weighs 3.56g.The trumpet-head measures 10.68mm wide and is D-shaped to the reverse. A loop extends above from a rectangular platform with a 2.17mm diameter piercing. To the sides D-shaped backwards-facing lugs hold an intact axis bar with four coils around. The two central-most have broken, giving two groups of two coils. From one extends the top of the shank of the pin c.3mm in length.To the front the head is decorated with a broad c.3mm wide raised band extending below the head-loop to the break. To either side is a raised dot. The metal is otherwise rather worn and rough. Hattatt suggests this is applied silver decoration (Brooches of Antiquity 1987, p.142). The bow extends from the centre of the head to a very recent break (the metal is yellow-coloured), where it is oval in cross-section ( 3.71x2.82mm).Bayley & Butcher 2004 (Roman Brooches in Britain, Society of Antiquaries of London) comment that the type is 'widely distributed throughout Britain from South-East England (Canterbury) to Scotland (Newstead), most are made of brass, and date to the 2nd, and possibly the early 3rd century'.
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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