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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman trumpet bow brooch. It is missing the foot, spring and pin due to old breaks. The trumpet shaped head is oval in form with an integrally cast rear facing loop that has a slight vertical projection at the top. The head is undecorated but has a slight central ridge and tapers to an oval sectioned upper bow. This expands towards a central moulding formed from two opposing acanthi separated by a group of three moulded transverse ridges above and below. What remains of the lower half of the bow/foot is triangular in section with parts of an incomplete but integrally cast catchplate just visible before it terminates in old breaks. This brooch measures 32.97mm in length, 13.68mm in width at head, 9.44mm in width at bow, 5.21mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 9.10g.This is a Roman trumpet brooch similar to an example from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 138). It is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.70-200 AD.
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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