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Description: | A cast copper alloy derivative trumpet brooch dating to the Roman period, 2nd - 3rd century AD. The object has a typical trumpet shaped head at the top of which the loop has broken away. Below this the object expands into a circular disc with four projecting knops. The disc is decorated with two concentric circles and a central flat pellet. The remains of red enamel can be found within the internal circle while blue enamel decorates the outer circle.The leg of the brooch tapers towards the foot which is an incomplete pelta, the ends of which would have had touching bosses. The head and leg of the brooch is decorated with a central vertical strip which is in-filled with white metal. Either side of this strip are five circular depressions filled with white metal. White metal also decorates the edges of the circular disc and each of the knops.The object is a sprung example and the remains of the iron spring are present and corroded. The catchplate is incomplete. The object was found in two pieces and has been soldered together just below the disc by the finder. It has a dark green patina and is in good condition.A similar example is no. 5417, p88, Mackreth, vol II (2011). It can be classified as Mackreth type 3.1b dating from the earlier second century into the early third century. This type occurs most commonly in Scotland and East Anglia, (ibid).
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