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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman trumpet bow brooch. It is missing the upper half of the bow, head, spring and pin due to old breaks. At the top of the surviving fragment is a central moulding formed from two opposing acanthi with flat back and rounded front face, separated at their centre by a transverse ridge. Below the acanthi is a double transverse ridge beneath which extends the lower bow and foot. This is triangular in section with flat back face and central vertical ridge on the front face. It has single vertical grooves at each side of the bow and tapers towards the foot. The foot itself has a large flattened disc-shaped terminal knop with a single transverse groove on the outer face. On the back face of the foot is an integral catchplate, which is flat, triangular in form and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. This brooch measures 33.71mm in length, 8.50mm in width at bow (at acanthi, 5.67mm at bow and 6.48mm at terminal knop), 3.90mm in thickness at bow (5.06mm at acanthi), and weighs 3.61g.This is a Roman trumpet brooch similar to an example from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 138; see also SF-E39466). 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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