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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of Group C missing part of the spring and the pin. The brooch has a flat oval head 9.0 by 10.0mm. On the back of the head is a semi-circular lug running down the centre from edge to edge with a hole through which runs a short tubular copper alloy cross-bar for the spring to be wound around. At least one coil of the copper alloy spring survives to one side of the lug. There is a separate copper alloy wire head loop attached into the tubular cross bar at each end then curving in to almost meet in the centre before curving out t form an oval upper loop. The whole loop is thus trefoil in plan and 14.6mm wide by 15.7mm long. The separate collar which would have spanned the constriction below the upper loop is missing. The bow rises at 90 degrees from the head and curves round in the upper part before running straight to the foot. There is a group of three mouldings about a third of the way down the bow. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back becoming triangular as it meets the head with a ridge down the centre. The mouldings run around the front and sides but the flat back continues behind them. They are slightly angled on the bow, most notable in the central moulding. The upper and lower mouldings are simple narrow collars. The outer mouldings are separated from the inner one by grooves similar in width to the rest of the bow. The central moulding has a thick inner swelling flanked by very thin outer collars. The central swelling is rounded in profile and wider towards the front of the bow than the back. At the front it is decorated with two indented lines meeting in a downward point, dividing the moulding into three sections.The lower part of the bow, below the swellings tapers evenly and width and thickness to the foot. It has a slight ridge running down the centre, emphasised by indented lines to each side. The foot has a rounded collar above a rounded terminal. The catchplate on the back starts just after the mouldings and has a concave curved upper edge and convex curved lower edge angled out to meet the foot knop. The outer edge is bent over forming a groove to hold the pin. It is 53.6mm long including the head loop, 17.2mm thick and weighs 6.98 g.Bailey and Butcher (2004:161-2) suggest Group C brooches (T154A) are a distinctly South Western group and may have been made locally or in the West Midlands dating to the second century.
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